kilo-

Etymology
From, irregularly derived from. The etymologically "correct" form would be chili- or , resulting in forms such as or ; but the French, when creating the prefix, had to avoid a possible (standard) pronunciation of chi as, too close to the vulgar verb.

Prefix

 * 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
 * 2)  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-.

Translations

 * Albanian: kilo-
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: кіла-
 * Bulgarian: кило-
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Hakka: 千
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kilo-
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi: सहस्र-
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kíló-
 * Ido: kilo-
 * Indonesian: kilo-
 * Ingrian: kilo-
 * Irish: cilea-
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: キロ-
 * Korean: 킬로-
 * Latvian: kilo-
 * Lithuanian: kilo-
 * Malagasy: kilao-
 * Malay:
 * Marathi: सहस्र-
 * Nepali: सहस्र-
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kilo-
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, kilo-
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: kilo-
 * Slovak: kilo-
 * Slovene: kilo-
 * Spanish:, quilo-
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: libo-
 * Thai: กิโล-
 * Turkish: kilo-
 * Ukrainian: кіло-

Etymology
, from.

Prefix

 * 1)  SI prefix expressing 103 of the base unit

Usage notes

 * The letter is not normally used in Catalan. Instead, Catalan orthography calls for using the  digraph to represent the  sound before an  or an . Therefor, when the metric system was introduced into Catalan, the prefix  was originally spelled . With the advent of  as a standard international abbreviation, usage of  has become not only acceptable, but also more common than the traditional spelling. However, traditionalists still insist upon the use of.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Internationalism, from, ultimately from.

Prefix

 * 1) kilo-

Etymology
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Prefix

 * 1) kilo-

Prefix

 * 1)  kilo-

Prefix

 * 1) kilo-

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Prefix

 * 1) kilo-

Prefix

 * 1) kilo-