kilometre

Other forms of kilometre

plural

kilometres·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kilometre

What does kilometre mean?

kilometre means "a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)".

How many syllables are in kilometre?

kilometre has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌkɪˈlɔˌmʌtɚ/.

What is another word for kilometre?

Close synonyms include kilometer, km, klick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kilometre a common word?

kilometre is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with kilometre?

1 word rhymes with kilometre. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.