How to Say "Kg" in French - How To Say Guide

The abbreviation for kilogram, a unit of mass, in French is kg.

When you choose not to use the abbreviation, you can use the full word kilogramme or the colloquial shortening kilo.

Which one should you use?

kilogramme is the full formal version, while kilo is a common shortened form.

When writing out the full word instead of the abbreviation, use kilo for the colloquial form or kilogramme for the full formal form.

In France, the metric system was established during the French Revolution to replace a chaotic variety of regional units that differed from town to town.
In French markets, you will often see the word kilo used as a shorthand for the price per unit, meaning 'per kilogram' without needing to say au kilo.
The French word kilogramme belongs to a family of metric words where the prefix kilo comes from the Greek word for 'thousand', a linguistic root shared with English words like 'kilometer'.

Une bonbonne de butane pèse 35 kg.
A butane cylinder weighs 35 kg.
This sentence shows how to express the weight of a butane cylinder using kg.
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Elle a pris 23 kg après son mariage.
She gained 23 kg after she got married.
This sentence demonstrates using kg to describe weight gain.
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J'ai acheté 2 kg de citrons.
I bought 2 kg of lemon.
This sentence shows how to specify a quantity of produce using kg.
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J'ai acheté deux kilogrammes de pommes.
I bought two kilograms of apples.
Le colis pèse cinq kilos.
The package weighs five kilograms.
J'ai acheté deux kilos de pain.
I bought two kilograms of bread.

At a local market buying supplies for a cake.

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