English

Etymology

AGr. term|scpolytonic|�ιλιο-|trchilio-||kilo- + term|gram

Alternative spellings
kilogramme

Alternative forms
Symbol: kg

Noun
en-noun

1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; the mass of a specific cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France.
2. proscribed Hence, the unit of weight such that one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Usage notes
sense|proscribed|unit of weight The use of the kilogram as a unit of weight is somewhat imprecise, as the weight of a one-kilogram mass will depend on its location. It is therefore frequently proscribed, but is nonetheless in wide use. (The same imprecision and proscription also occur with many other words pertaining to weight and mass, such as the verb term|weigh.)

Translations
trans-top|unit of mass equal to 1000 grams
Chinese: �� (qi�n kè), �� (g�ng jīn)
Czech: t+|cs|kilogram|m
Dutch: t-|nl|kilogram|m
Finnish: t+|fi|kilogramma
French: t+|fr|kilogramme|m, t+|fr|kilo|m
German: t|de|Kilogramm|n
Greek: t+|el|κιλ�|n|trkiló|scGrek, t|el|�ιλι�γ�αμμο|n|trchiliógrammo|scGrek
Italian: t-|it|chilogrammo|m, t+|it|chilo|m
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Japanese: t-|ja|�����|trkiroguramu|scJpan, t+|ja|��|trkiro|scJpan
Korean: t+|ko|��그�|trkillogeuraem|scHang
Latvian: t-|lv|kilograms|m|xsLatvian, t-|lv|kilo|m|xsLatvian
Polish: t+|pl|kilogram|m, t+|pl|kilo|n
Portuguese: t|pt|quilograma|m
Russian: t+|ru|килог�амм|m|trkilográmm|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|kilogramo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|kilogram, t|sv|kilo
Tatar: t-|tt|kilogram|xs=Tatar
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See also
w:kilogram|Wikipedia article kilogram

Czech

Noun
cs-noun|g=m

1. #English|kilogram

Category:cs:Units of measure

Dutch

Noun
infl|nl|noun|gender=m

1. kilogram

Tatar

Noun
infl|tt|noun

1. kilogram.

Declension
tt-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

Category:SI units
Category:tt:Units of measure

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