kilometer A2 Topic:General Vocabulary Also spelled kilometres US /kəˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ UK /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/ See IPA manual Freq #22033 Meanings 1 noun A unit of distance equal to one thousand meters. The town is still a kilometer away. Thesaurus Word family Forms kilometers Appears in Phrases (1) See all square kilometer a unit of area equal to one million square meters Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From kilo- + meter. Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # kilometer **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kəˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ **IPA (UK):** /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/ **Frequency rank:** 22033 ## Meanings 1. A unit of distance equal to one thousand meters. ## Examples - The town is still a kilometer away. ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: kilo- - thousand ## Etymology From kilo- + meter. ## AI Etymology Kilometer comes from kilo- + meter. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown