kilo
French, noun/ki.lo/
kilo is spelled K-I-L-O (4 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kilo is a French masculine noun meaning “kilo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Kilogramme”.
What does kilo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekilo
- 2
colloquialmasculinea large quantity
prefix
- 1
kilo-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kilogramme. 2. Kilogramme, en parlant du poids ou du gabarit d'une personne. 3. Kilooctet. 4. Kilomètre.
prefix: 1. Préfixe SI qui indique une multiplication par mille (1 000 ou 10³). Son symbole est k. 2. Kibi-, qui indique une multiplication par 1 024 (soit 2¹⁰) dans un système binaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kilo
- kilos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kilo?
- /ki.lo/
- \ki.lo\
- \ki.lɔ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kilo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kilo in French?
kilo appears 4.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).