how to pronounce kilometre

/ˈkɪl.əˌmiː.təɹ/

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the above transcription of kilometre is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

kilometre is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of kilometre in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… constitutes a 60 kilometre 100 mile …”

meaning of kilometre

A kilometre is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres.

kilometre frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word kilometre occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics kilometre can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that kilometre can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) transport and travel;