kilo

kilo

1. Alternative letter-case form of Kilo of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

• Hyphenation: ki‧lo

enPR: kē′lō, Rhymes: -iːləʊ

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːləʊ/ (Received Pronunciation)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkiloʊ/ (General American)

enPR: kĭ-lō′

• IPA^(key): /kɪˈloː/ (Indic)

kilo (plural kilos)

1. Clipping of kilogram.
   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] . But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.

2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

• kilo-

• Ilok, Loki

Borrowed from Spanish kilo.

kilo

1. kilo(gram)

From English kilo or clipping of English kilogram.

kilo

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) kilogram

• K

Clipping of kilogramm (“kilogram”).

• Hyphenation: ki‧lo

kilo

1. kilo

• “kilo”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Clipping of kilogram.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪlo]
• Hyphenation: ki‧lo

kilo n

1. kilo, short for kilogram
2. (informal) a hundred crowns (Czech currency)

   Synonym: stovka f

• litr m
• tác m
• bůr m
• pade f
• pětka f
• kačka f

• “kilo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kilo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiloː/

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kilo c or n (plural kilo's, diminutive kilootje n)

1. abbreviation of kilogram

• → Aukan: kilo
• → Kari'na: kiro

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilo/, [ˈk̟ilo̞]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧lo

Borrowed from French kilo, likely through German Kilo and Swedish kilo.^[1] By surface analysis, clipping of kilogramma.

kilo

1. kilogram, kilo

• kilohaili (initial component unrelated)

• “2. kilo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 31 January 2026

Probably kileä +‎ -o. Cognate with Karelian kilo.

kilo

1. (chiefly poetic) shine, gleam

   auringonkilo ― sunshine

• “1. kilo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 31 January 2026

• Koli, loki, olki

From the prefix kilo-.

• IPA^(key): /ki.lo/

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kilo m (plural kilos)

1. kilo
2. (colloquial, singular or plural) a large quantity

• → Kaba: kìlō

• “kilo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From Proto-Polynesian *tiro (compare with Samoan tilo, Māori tiro);^[1] but disputed further.

• According to Wolff (2010): from Proto-Oceanic *tidro (compare with Fijian tidro “to peer at something”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tindaw (compare with Malay tinjau “to inspect, to keep an eye on”).^[2]

• According to Osmond and Pawley (2016): from Proto-Oceanic *tirop (compare with Fijian tidro as above) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tindap^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.lo/, [ˈti.lo]

kilo

1. (transitive) to watch, gaze

kilo

1. watch or observer, someone who watches or observes

Borrowed from Russian кило (kilo).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkilo/, [ˈkiɫo̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkilo/, [ˈkiɫo̞ˑ]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: ki‧lo

kilo

1. short for kilogramma: kilo
   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 94:

     Dƶindaun rattail oli 30 killoa munnaa, 40 killoa föklää i kilo sukuria.

     In Džindau's carts there were 30 kilos of potatoes, 40 kilos of beetroot and a kilo of sugar.

Declension of kilo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kilo	kilot
genitive	kilon	killoin, kiloloin
partitive	killoa	kiloja, kiloloja
illative	killoo	killoi, kiloloihe
inessive	kilos	kilois, kilolois
elative	kilost	kiloist, kiloloist
allative	kilolle	kiloille, kiloloille
adessive	kilol	kiloil, kiloloil
ablative	kilolt	kiloilt, kiloloilt
translative	kiloks	kiloiks, kiloloiks
essive	kilonna, killoon	kiloinna, kiloloinna, killoin, kiloloin
exessive1)	kilont	kiloint, kiloloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

From kili (“goat”) +‎ -o.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkilo/, [ˈkiɫo̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkiloi̯/, [ˈkiɫo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ilo, -iloi̯
• Hyphenation: ki‧lo

kilo

1. synonym of kili

Declension of kilo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kilo	kilot
genitive	kilon	killoin, kiloloin
partitive	killoa	kiloja, kiloloja
illative	killoo	killoi, kiloloihe
inessive	kilos	kilois, kilolois
elative	kilost	kiloist, kiloloist
allative	kilolle	kiloille, kiloloille
adessive	kilol	kiloil, kiloloil
ablative	kilolt	kiloilt, kiloloilt
translative	kiloks	kiloiks, kiloloiks
essive	kilonna, killoon	kiloinna, kiloloinna, killoin, kiloloin
exessive1)	kilont	kiloint, kiloloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 165

kilo

1. kilogram

kilo m (invariable)

1. alternative form of kilograms

kilo m (plural kilos)

1. (Jersey) kilo

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰilo/

kilo

1. kilo, kilogramme

   Synonym: kilográmˈmá

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• gilo

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi), via French kilo.

• IPA^(key): /çiːlu/, [ˈçiː.lʊ]

kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloene)

kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa or kiloene)

1. a kilo (1000 grammes)
2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

• kilogram

• “kilo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi), via French kilo.

• IPA^(key): /çiːlu/, [ˈçiː.lʊ]

kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)

kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)

1. a kilo (1000 grammes)
2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

• kilogram

• “kilo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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• Rhymes: -ilɔ
• Syllabification: ki‧lo

Borrowed from French kilo.^[1] By surface analysis, clipping of kilogram.

kilo n (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) kilogram
2. (colloquial, rare) any other unit whose name starts with kilo-, like the kilometre

See kilka.

kilo

1. (Eastern Kraków, Gmina Stopnica) alternative form of kilka

• kilo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kilo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kilo m (plural kile)

1. stake

kilo n (plural kilo)

1. alternative form of kil

kilo (Cyrillic spelling кило)

1. vocative singular of kila

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiɫɔ/

kilo n (genitive singular kila, nominative plural kilá, genitive plural kíl, declension pattern of mesto)

1. kilo, short for kilogram

• kilový
• kilečko

• “kilo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

kilo

1. accusative/instrumental singular of kila

• quilo (rare)

Clipping of kilogramo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilo/ [ˈki.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ki‧lo

kilo m (plural kilos)

1. kilo (kilogram)

   Synonyms: kilogramo, quilo, quilogramo

2. the letter K in the Spanish spelling alphabet
3. (Spain, colloquial, historical) a million pesetas

   Coordinate term: talego

4. (Spain, colloquial) a million euros

• “kilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from German Kilo.

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kilo class IX or VII (plural kilo class X)

1. kilogram

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕiːlʊ/, (now chiefly regional) /ˈkiːlʊ/
• Rhymes: -¹iːlʊ

kilo n

1. kilo, clipping of kilogram

   Hunden väger 52 kilo

   The dog weighs 52 kilos

• kilo-

• kilo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kilo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kilo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• olik

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiluq. Compare Ilocano nakillo (“winding; twisted; broken (of language)”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈloʔ/ [kɪˈloʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ki‧lo

kilô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜓ) (chiefly Batangas)

1. bent; crooked; curved

   Synonyms: baluktot, nakabaluktot, balikuko, nakabalikuko, buktot

• quilo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

kilô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜓ) (chiefly Batangas)

1. quality of being bent, crooked, or curved (of lines, wires, branches, etc.)

   Synonyms: baluktot, kabaluktutan, balikuko, kabalikukuan

2. bent or curved portion of something

Borrowed from Spanish kilo, or analytically, Clipping of kilogramo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkilo/ [ˈkiː.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ki‧lo

kilo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜓ)

1. kilo; kilogram
2. act of weighing something in kilograms

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkilo/ [ˈkiː.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ki‧lo

kilo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜓ)

1. rafter; crossbeam that supports the roofing

• batangan

• “kilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• liko

From French kilo.

kilo (definite accusative kiloyu, plural kilolar)

1. clipping of kilogram

Borrowed from Russian кило́ (kiló).

kilo

1. kilogram, kilo

Inflection of kilo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	kilo
genitive sing.	kilon
partitive sing.	kilod
partitive plur.	kiloid
	singular	plural
nominative	kilo	kilod
accusative	kilon	kilod
genitive	kilon	kiloiden
partitive	kilod	kiloid
essive-instructive	kilon	kiloin
translative	kiloks	kiloikš
inessive	kilos	kiloiš
elative	kilospäi	kiloišpäi
illative	kilho kiloho	kiloihe
adessive	kilol	kiloil
ablative	kilolpäi	kiloilpäi
allative	kilole	kiloile
abessive	kilota	kiloita
comitative	kilonke	kiloidenke
prolative	kilodme	kiloidme
approximative I	kilonno	kiloidenno
approximative II	kilonnoks	kiloidennoks
egressive	kilonnopäi	kiloidennopäi
terminative I	kilhosai kilohosai	kiloihesai
terminative II	kilolesai	kiloilesai
terminative III	kilossai	—
additive I	kilhopäi kilohopäi	kiloihepäi
additive II	kilolepäi	kiloilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “килограмм”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika