quilo-

From French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”).

• kilo-

quilo-

1. kilo- (SI prefix expressing 10³ of the base unit)

The letter k is not normally used in Catalan. Instead, Catalan orthography calls for using the qu digraph to represent the /k/ sound before an e or an i. Therefor, when the metric system was introduced into Catalan, the prefix kilo- was originally spelled quilo-. With the advent of k as a standard international abbreviation, usage of kilo- has become not only acceptable, but also more common than the traditional spelling. However, traditionalists still insist upon the use of quilo-.

From Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip, edge”).

quilo- (before a vowel quil-)

1. cheilo- combining form used in scientific neologisms to indicate the lips or an edge

• quiloplàstia (“cheiloplasty”)

From Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “secretion, bile”).

quilo- (before a vowel quil-)

1. chole- combining form used in scientific neologisms to indicate bile

• quilopericardi (“presence of bile in the pericardial fluid”)

• col- (“relating to bile”)
• quil (“bile”)

• “quilo-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

quilo-

1. kilo-

• “quilo-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• kilo-

quilo-

1. kilo- (10³)

• quilogramma in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913