किलोमीटर (kilomiitar)

noun A borrowed metric unit word, used exactly as in English -- 'kilometer'. Single sense, no surprises.
Sense 1 : kilometer (unit of distance)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: किमी (kimii, abbreviation used in writing)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is one of many everyday English loanwords that slipped into Hindi with independence-era metrication and just stuck -- you'll hear it constantly when asking for directions or distances, often shortened to के.एम. (ke.em.) or किमी (kimii) in writing, like on road signs and mile-markers across India.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to pluralize it like an English noun with a Hindi plural ending -- but as a loanword measure noun, किलोमीटर (kilomiitar) stays the same whether you say एक किलोमीटर (ek kilomiitar, 'one kilometer') or दस किलोमीटर (das kilomiitar, 'ten kilometers'). 2) In casual speech, people often round distances loosely, so दो किलोमीटर (do kilomiitar) might just mean 'a couple of km, roughly' rather than an exact measurement.
Sample Sentences:
दिल्ली से आगरा लगभग दो सौ किलोमीटर दूर है। Delhi to Agra is about two hundred kilometers away.
(dillii se aagraa lagbhag do sau kilomiitar door hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगला पेट्रोल पंप यहाँ से पंद्रह किलोमीटर आगे है। The next petrol pump is fifteen kilometers ahead from here.
(aglaa petrol pamp yahaan se pandrah kilomiitar aage hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हम रोज़ सुबह पाँच किलोमीटर दौड़ते हैं। We run five kilometers every morning.
(ham roz subah paanch kilomiitar daudte hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल मैंने अपनी गाड़ी में चार सौ किलोमीटर का सफ़र किया। Yesterday I traveled four hundred kilometers in my car.
(kal mainne apnii gaadii men chaar sau kilomiitar kaa safar kiyaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर हाईवे खुला होता, तो हम अब तक सौ किलोमीटर और तय कर लेते। If the highway had been open, we would have covered a hundred more kilometers by now.
(agar haaiive khulaa hotaa, to ham ab tak sau kilomiitar aur tay kar lete।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
कृपया गति सीमा का पालन करें, यह सड़क अस्सी किलोमीटर प्रति घंटा है। Please follow the speed limit, this road is eighty kilometers per hour.
(kripyaa gati siimaa kaa paalan karen, yah sadak assii kilomiitar prati ghantaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगले साल तक यह पुल कई किलोमीटर लंबा बना दिया जाएगा। By next year this bridge will be built several kilometers long.
(agle saal tak yah pul kaii kilomiitar lambaa banaa diyaa jaaegaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
स्टेशन तक पहुँचने के लिए हमें कम से कम तीन किलोमीटर पैदल चलना पड़ेगा। To reach the station we will have to walk at least three kilometers on foot.
(steshan tak pahunchne ke lie hamen kam se kam tiin kilomiitar paidal chalnaa padegaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
काश यह गाँव शहर से इतने किलोमीटर दूर न होता। I wish this village were not so many kilometers away from the city.
(kaash yah gaanv shahar se itne kilomiitar door n hotaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
सड़क किनारे लगे किलोमीटर के पत्थर पर लिखा था के.एम. ३५। The milestone by the roadside had K.M. 35 written on it.
(sadak kinaare lage kilomiitar ke patthar par likhaa thaa ke.em. 35।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
मुंबई से पुणे की दूरी लगभग एक सौ पचास किमी है। The distance from Mumbai to Pune is about one hundred fifty km.
(mumbaii se pune kii doorii lagbhag ek sau pachaas kimii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): किलोमीटर (kilomiitar)
(sg.m.oblique): किलोमीटर (kilomiitar)
(pl.m.direct): किलोमीटर (kilomiitar)
(pl.m.oblique): किलोमीटरों (kilomiitron)