How is "kilometre" properly pronounced?

kill-o-meet-er

silly metric system.

Kill-om-eet-er… could just be my accent.

Kill-om-ett-er or kill-uh-meet-err are both listed as valid pronunciations per M-W.

“In North American speech kilometer is most often pronounced with primary stress on the second syllable. This pronunciation is also heard frequently in British speech. Those who object to second syllable stress say that the first syllable should be stressed in accord with the stress patterns of centimeter, millimeter, etc. However, the pronunciation of kilometer does not parallel that of other metric compounds. From 1828 to 1841 Noah Webster indicated only second syllable stress, and his successor added a first syllable stress variant in the first Merriam-Webster dictionary of 1847. Thus, both pronunciations are venerable. Most scientists use second syllable stress, although first syllable stress seems to occur with a higher rate of frequency among scientists than among nonscientists.”

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I personally say Kill-om-ett-er, but I have the mid-western (lack of) accent.

kill-a-meter
kill-a-person
who cares, it’s still murder.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/kilometer (click “Hear it”)

This question is an old one; there are two ways to pronounce it: visit the US or the UK, take your pick, and roll with it. Not let’s talk about the spelling…now there is something Americans (me included) can’t really imply their will on. It is, in fact, of the metric system, and therefore, we shouldn’t really have a large say… :P

kah-LAWM-it-urr, but that could be because I am from Pittsburgh.

Ki – law – mitt – err

Like speedometer