ciliméadar

Irish

Etymology

From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cɪlʲəˈmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪlʲəmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪlʲəmʲed̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

ciliméadar m (genitive singular ciliméadair, nominative plural ciliméadair)

1. kilometre

Declension

Declension of ciliméadar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ciliméadar ciliméadair vocative a chiliméadair a chiliméadara genitive ciliméadair ciliméadar dative ciliméadar ciliméadair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ciliméadar na ciliméadair genitive an chiliméadair na gciliméadar dative leis an gciliméadar don chiliméadar leis na ciliméadair

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciliméadar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciliméadar	chiliméadar	gciliméadar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciliméadar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN