kilo-
English
Etymology
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.
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kilo-
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k
- (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 210 (1024)
Usage notes
- The usage of kilo as a 1024x multiplier in computing is considered obsolete in some groups, but others continue to use it this way. See kibi-.
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Further reading
- kilo- at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Catalan
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Etymology
From French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”).
Usage notes
The letter k is not normally used in Catalan. Instead, Catalan orthography calls for using the qu digraph to represent the /k/ sound before an e or an i. Therefor, when the metric system was introduced into Catalan, the prefix kilo- was originally spelled quilo-. With the advent of k as a standard international abbreviation, usage of kilo- has become not only acceptable, but also more common than the traditional spelling. However, traditionalists still insist upon the use of quilo-.
Further reading
- “kilo-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
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Dutch
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Estonian
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Finnish
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- kilo- in Kielitoimiston sanakirja
French
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- “kilo-” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkilo]
- Hyphenation: ki‧lo
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian prefixes
Ido
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Italian
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- chilo- (in more general usage)
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Polish
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Romanian
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- kilo- in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
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Slovak
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Slovene
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- “kilo-”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, 2019
Spanish
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- “kilo-” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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Turkish
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- kilogram in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu