kilo- en · X
Pronunciation
- /ˌkɪl.ə-/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
- (Southern-England) audio
- kĭl′ə-
- /ˌkəl.ə-/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
Borrowed from French kilo-, irregularly derived from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “one thousand”). The etymologically "correct" form would be chili- or chilo-, resulting in forms such as chiliasme (“chiliasm”) or chilopode (“centipede”); but the French, when creating the prefix, had to avoid a possible (standard) pronunciation of chi as /ʃi/, too close to the vulgar verb chier (“to shit”).
Meanings
- (morpheme) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by a thousand (1000).
- (morpheme, proscribed) Synonym of kibi- (“multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ = 1024”).
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Synonyms
mul:Ki- · mul:ki- · kibi- · chilia-
Translations (57)
lt kilo- (prefix) · bg кило- (prefix) · pt kilo- (prefix) · ca kilo- (prefix) · gl quilo- (prefix) · cs kilo- (prefix) · fi kilo- (prefix) · be кіла- (prefix) · vi ki-lô (prefix) · mg kilao- (prefix) · io kilo- (prefix) · es kili- (prefix) · ko 킬로- (prefix) · el χιλιο- (prefix) · pt quilo- (prefix) · da kilo- (prefix) · izh kilo- (prefix) · el χιλιό- (prefix) · eo kilo- (prefix) · nl kilo- (prefix) · hak 千- (prefix) · lv kilo- (prefix) · nb kilo- (prefix) · et kilo- (prefix) · sq kilo- (prefix) · es kilo- (prefix) · ja キロ- (prefix) · fr kilo- (prefix) · sl kilo- (prefix) · pl kilo- (prefix) · ga cilea- (prefix) · ru кило- (prefix) · eu kilo- (prefix) · uk кіло- (prefix) · mr सहस्र- (prefix) · th กิโล- (prefix) · id kilo- (prefix) · tr kilo- (prefix) · cmn 千- (prefix) · yue 千- (prefix) · is kíló- (prefix) · ro kilo- (prefix) · ms kilo- (prefix) · it kilo- (prefix) · tl libo- (prefix) · sh kilo- (prefix) · it chilo- (prefix) · nn kilo- (prefix) · hu kilo- (prefix) · hi सहस्र- (prefix) · ca quilo- (prefix) · sv kilo- (prefix) · sk kilo- (prefix) · ne सहस्र- (prefix) · nan-hbl 千- (prefix) · de kilo- (prefix) · es quilo- (prefix)