How do you pronounce the word "Kilometer"? (yard, place)

[Mac15]

Kill awm it er.

Not kil o met er. My maths teacher is the only one that did that and we found it annoying and weird.

[BigSwede]

Uttal av kilometer: Hur man uttalar kilometer på engelska, tyska, svenska, indonesiska, jiddisch, slovakiska, danska, nederländska

[Catbelle]

Kil O meter o Kilómetro.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by OneLess

She pronounce it Kil O meter and you say Kil A meter then (?)

I don't say the last part as meet-er. I say it as mitt-er.

[Acajack]

I also spell it kilometre in English BTW.

[Davy-040]

In Dutch you pronounce it like this... Key-Lo-May-Ter

[KathrynAragon]

kill AH mi ter.

[jtur88]

According to the CBC Canadian broadcaster's style guide, it is killa-meater.

Meter has two different meaining. Meter used as a metric measurement (millimeter, centimeter, etc) are pronounced in their usual way, and Meter used as a mechanical measuring device (speedometer, thermometer, etc.) are pronounced in their usual way,with "-ommiter". Kilometer falls in the first category, a unit of measurement, so it rhymes with millimeter, not thermometer.

Hence, "micrometer" would have two different pronunciations, according to the usage. MIKE-cro-meeter would one-millionth of a meter in length. A my-KROMM-ater would be a hand held device for accurately measuring tiny thicknesses.

[darrensmooth]

kill-ah-meter

I think one of the key differences between North American English and British English is North Americans place the emphasis on the first syllable while the British tend to place the emphasis on the second syllable, so typical NA will say kil-ah/aw-mitter the longest, slowest part being the ah/aw, typical Brit might say kil-o-meeter, where meeter is the more emphasized part

[2360039]

Kilometer comes from kilo-meter.: So it's 1000. Same for byte-->kilobyte.
Do you say "killahbyte? ;-)