Kilo-

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Prefix 1.1.1 Etymology 1.1.2 Synonyms 1.1.3 Translations 1.1.4 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Prefix

English

Prefix

kilo-

1. 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

Etymology

From , irregular from chilioi , thousand. The "correct" form would be chili-, resulting in forms such as chiliogram and chiliometer. In fact, one such form (lacking the connecting vowel -o-, which is explained at Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia) used to exist in English: chilihedron , meaning a thousand-faced solid.

Synonyms

• chilia-

Translations

• French: kilo-
• Italian: chilo -, kilo-

Related terms

• kilo
• kilobase
• kilogram, kilogramme
• kilolitre , kiloliter
• kilometre, kilometer

French

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-