Meaning

2 senses
  1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg

    Holonyms: megagram < gigagram

    Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram < milligram < gram

    Kilogramm

    килогра́ммkilográmm, кило́kiló

    кілогра́мkilohrám

  2. (proscribed)The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

More definitions
  • one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Examples

158 sentences
  1. I'd like about three kilograms of potatoes.

    Мені кілограми три картоплі.

    deIch hätte gerne etwa drei Kilo Kartoffeln.

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  2. I've lost three kilograms in the last three weeks.

    Я скинула три кілограми за останні три тижні.

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  3. I lost three kilograms.

    Я скинув три кілограми.

    ruЯ сбросил три килограмма.

    deIch habe drei Kilogramm abgenommen.

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  4. This box weighs three kilograms.

    Ця коробка важить три кілограми.

    ruЭтот ящик весит три килограмма.

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  5. Tom lost 30 kilograms.

    Том втратив тридцять кілограмів.

    ruТом сбросил тридцать килограмм.

    deTom hat dreißig Kilo abgenommen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unit of mass equal to 1000 grams:
Русский
By meaning 1
unit of mass equal to 1000 grams:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unit of mass equal to 1000 grams:

Origin

Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gram.

Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gram.

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Forms

plural: kilograms

Synonyms

2 synonyms
kilokg
Close in meaning
  • one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites:kgkilo

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • how many kilograms
  • three kilograms
  • many kilograms
  • many kilograms did
  • about three kilograms
  • thirty kilograms
  • weighs kilograms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kilogram — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto