Noun: kilogram
| Singular | kilogram |
| Plural | kilograms |
Sample Sentences
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Holonyms: megagram < gigagram
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Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram < milligram < gram
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Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement. [2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN:]
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A nan (bread) costs 25 Afghanis : a kilogram of beef 800 Afghanis and mutton of the same weight for 1200 Afghanis; […] [1990, Central Asia, numbers 26-27, page 137:]
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Review of systems was positive for unintentional weight gain of 13.5 kilograms in the last eight months, excessive fatigue, fever, difficulty focusing, one episode of painful oral ulcer on the roof of her mouth, change in the hair texture with nonscarring alopecia, shortness of breath with exertion, and constipation. [2015 July 22, Reshma M. Khan et al., “Embolic Stroke as the Initial Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”, in Case Reports in Rheumatology, volume 2015, →DOI:]
Nouns inflected like kilogram
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gram. See: French Nouns '
kilogramme'.
Verbs referencing "kilogram"
Zulu Nouns
ikhilogremu.