"kilo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkiːləʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkiloʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kilo.wav Forms: kilos [plural]
Rhymes: -iːləʊ Head templates: {{en-noun}} kilo (plural kilos)
  1. Clipping of kilogram. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: kilogram Categories (topical): Units of measure Translations (short form of kilogram): كِيلُو (kīlū) [masculine] (Arabic), كيلو (kīlu) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), կիլո (kilo) (Armenian), кіло́ (kiló) [neuter] (Belarusian), quilo [masculine] (Catalan), kilo (Chamicuro), 啟羅 (Chinese Cantonese), 启罗 (kai² lo⁴) [obsolete] (Chinese Cantonese), 公斤 (gōngjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 千克 (qiānkè) (Chinese Mandarin), kilo (Czech), kilo [neuter] (Danish), kilo (Estonian), kilo [neuter] (Faroese), kilo (Finnish), kilo [masculine] (French), quilo (Galician), კილო (ḳilo) (Georgian), Kilo [neuter] (German), κιλό (kiló) [neuter] (Greek), 奇勞 (Hakka Chinese), 奇劳 (ki-ló) (Hakka Chinese), किलो (kilo) [masculine] (Hindi), kilo (Ingrian), chilo [masculine] (Italian), キロ (kiro) (Japanese), 킬로 (killo) (Korean), ກິໂລ (ki lō) (Lao), kilo [masculine] (Latvian), kilo [masculine] (Norman), kilo [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kilo [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کیلو (kilu) (Persian), kilo [neuter] (Polish), quilo [masculine] (Portuguese), kil [neuter] (Romanian), chil [neuter] (Romanian), кило́ (kiló) [neuter] (Russian), kilo [neuter] (Slovak), kila [colloquial, feminine] (Slovene), kilo (Spanish), quilo (Spanish), kilo (Swahili), kilo [neuter] (Swedish), โล (loh) (Thai), กิโล (gì-loo) (Thai), кіло́ (kiló) [neuter] (Ukrainian), קילאָ (kilo) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-kilo-en-noun-JGd1e-Tb Disambiguation of Units of measure: 68 32 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'short form of kilogram': 79 21
  2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet
    Sense id: en-kilo-en-noun-4t-VUVZh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Chamicuro translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hakka translations, Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Chamicuro translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hakka translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kilo-

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "short form of kilogram",
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      "word": "โล"
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