kilocalorie

English

Etymology

kilo- +‎ calorie

Pronunciation
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Noun

kilocalorie (plural kilocalories)

  1. A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

Usage notes

This prefix kilo- is generally applied to the small calorie, and not to the large calorie used in nutrition, to avoid confusion because 1,000 food calories would be 1,000,000 small calories.

Translations

French

Noun

kilocalorie f (plural kilocalories)

  1. kilocalorie

Further reading

Italian

Noun

kilocalorie f

  1. plural of kilocaloria

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kilocalorie. By surface analysis, kilo- +‎ calorie.

Noun

kilocalorie f (plural kilocalorii)

  1. kilocalorie

Declension
Declension of kilocalorie
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) kilocalorie kilocaloria (niște) kilocalorii kilocaloriile
genitive/dative (unei) kilocalorii kilocaloriei (unor) kilocalorii kilocaloriilor
vocative kilocalorie, kilocalorio kilocaloriilor
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