How do you pronounce kilometer?

[junebuggy.99]

This has been bothering me for a very long time and I just need closure.

How do you pronounce the word "kilometer"? I've heard it pronounced like "kill-oh-me-ter" and also "kill-aw-mih-ter". I personally pronounce it like the latter, and so does my physics professor, but a lot of others seem to pronounce it like the former.

 

[cornimer]

I say it the second way

 

[oath2order]

killawmeter.

That's how it's pronounced

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

I've used both pronunciations...

 

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

Depends on the context.

I walked one "kill-aw-mih-ter" today.

A "kill-oh-me-ter" is a stupid form of measurement.

 

[stalecxpcakes]

I say "kill-aw-mih-ter" because that's the only way I've ever heard it pronounced

 

[LambdaDelta]

key-yo-mah-tah

but seriously, I don't have any specified form

 

[Nightstar]

I hear them both used interchangeably. I usually use the second one, personally, even though the first makes more sense based on the pronunciation of other measurements.

 

[~Unicorn~]

kill-oh-meter

 

[Goshi]

Kill-aw-mih-ter, always.

 

[Alienfish]

Uhh, since it's got a completely different pronunciation in Swedish I tend to use that for English as well, it's more like "chill-uh-meh-terr" or such lmao.

 

[namiieco]

kill-oh-mih-ter or kill-oh-me-ter, it depends how fast i'm talking and my mood

 

[Jeannine]

Interchangeable - I'd say kilo-meter when working with physics/math problems to stress the prefix and unit, but kill-aw-mih-ter in real life (ex. speeds in km/h)

 

[cIementine]

kill-aw-mih-ter

 

[Forests]

Kill-aw-mih-ter.

 

[LillyofVadness]

killer-me-ter

 

[King Dorado]

I say it kə-LAH-mittr
(which i think is what you meant by your 2d option)

i usually hear non-Brit Euros say it kee-lo-mee-ter

 

[Ably.Saucey]

Kil-aw-mah-ters
Never thought about it till now. I think I say it both ways.

 

[carp]

i'm a bit of a chavvy brit, so "other";

killa-mea-uh

 

[Maycee]

The second way. I've heard it pronounced the first way but it just doesn't roll off the tongue as well.