chilometro

kilometre

noun kee-LOH-meh-troh Common

Origin: Greek khilioi (thousand) + metron (measure).

Usage Note

Chilometro stresses the antepenultimate syllable: chi-LO-me-tro, not chi-lo-ME-tro. The plural chilometri follows the regular pattern and the abbreviation is km. Note the Italian spelling begins with ch-, giving the hard 'k' sound before 'i'.

Examples

"La città è a dieci chilometri."

Natural Translation

The city is ten kilometres away.

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