No. 10,436 in French

kilomètres

Kilomètres: kilometers, a unit of measurement equal to 1,000 meters.

In a sentence

Je cours cinq kilomètres chaque matin.
I run five kilometers every morning.
In this sentence, 'kilomètres' denotes the distance specified for a daily activity.
La ville est distante de quinze kilomètres.
The city is fifteen kilometers away.
Here, 'kilomètres' is used to express the distance separating one place from another.
Nous avons conduit environ cent kilomètres avant de nous arrêter.
We drove around a hundred kilometers before stopping.
The term 'kilomètres' in this case refers to the approximate length of the journey taken.

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