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kilogram
kilogram /kiloˈɡram/
noun#3901 most common
Also: kilo (informal)
Example sentences
Cumpăr un kilogram de mere.
I am buying a kilogram of apples.
Câte kilograme cântărești?
How many kilograms do you weigh?
Am nevoie de două kilograme de făină pentru rețetă.
I need two kilograms of flour for the recipe.
Prețul cărnii a crescut cu doi lei pe kilogram.
The price of meat has gone up by two lei per kilogram.
Kilogramul este unitatea de măsură standard pentru masă în sistemul internațional.
The kilogram is the standard unit of measure for mass in the international system.
Definiția kilogramului a fost schimbată în 2019 pe baza constantei lui Planck.
The definition of the kilogram was changed in 2019 based on the Planck constant.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kilogram | kilograme |
| Genitive | kilogramului | kilogramelor |
| Accusative | kilogram | kilograme |
| Vocative | kilogramule | kilogramelor |
Word family
kilogramulthe kilogram (definite)
kilokilo (informal short form)
gramgram, the base unit
kilometrukilometer, a related unit using the same prefixmiligrammilligramEtymology
Kilogram entered Romanian in the nineteenth century from French kilogramme, part of a wave of French loanwords tied to modernization and the metric system. The French word itself joins two Greek elements: khilioi, meaning thousand, and gramma, a small unit of weight or a written mark. The compound was coined in France in the 1790s as the metric system was designed, so it is a modern scientific creation rather than a word inherited from ancient speech.
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