Gram — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɑːɹdʃɛl/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈam/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈam/

1 syllable Say it as /hˈɑːɹdʃɛl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gm Hans C. J. Gram g gramme

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Gramm

eine metrische Gewichtseinheit, die einem Tausendstel Kilogramm entspricht

🇫🇷French

gramme

une unité métrique de poids égale à un millième de kilogramme

🇪🇸Spanish

gramo

una unidad métrica de peso igual a una milésima de kilogramo

🇮🇹Italian

grammo

unità metrica di peso pari ad un millesimo di chilogrammo

🇵🇹Portuguese

grama

uma unidade métrica de peso igual a um milésimo de quilograma

🇷🇺Russian

грамм

метрическая единица веса, равная одной тысячной килограмма

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ग्राम

एक किलोग्राम के हजारवें हिस्से के बराबर वजन की एक मीट्रिक इकाई

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্রাম

ওজনের একটি মেট্রিক ইউনিট এক কিলোগ্রামের এক হাজার ভাগের সমান

🇮🇳Tamil

கிராம்

ஒரு கிலோகிராமின் ஆயிரத்தில் ஒரு பங்கு எடைக்கு சமமான ஒரு மெட்ரிக் அலகு

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్రాము

ఒక కిలోగ్రాములో వెయ్యి వంతుకు సమానమైన మెట్రిక్ యూనిట్ బరువు

🇮🇳Marathi

हरभरा

किलोग्रॅमच्या हजारव्या भागाच्या वजनाचे मेट्रिक युनिट

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગ્રામ

એક કિલોગ્રામના હજારમા ભાગના વજનનું મેટ્રિક એકમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗ್ರಾಂ

ಒಂದು ಕಿಲೋಗ್ರಾಂನ ಸಾವಿರದ ಒಂದು ಭಾಗದಷ್ಟು ತೂಕದ ಮೆಟ್ರಿಕ್ ಘಟಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗ്രാം

ഒരു കിലോഗ്രാമിൻ്റെ ആയിരത്തിലൊന്നിന് തുല്യമായ ഭാരമുള്ള ഒരു മെട്രിക് യൂണിറ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗ੍ਰਾਮ

ਇੱਕ ਕਿਲੋਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਵੇਂ ਹਿੱਸੇ ਦੇ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਭਾਰ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਮੀਟ੍ਰਿਕ ਇਕਾਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چنا

وزن کی ایک میٹرک اکائی جو ایک کلو گرام کے ہزارویں حصے کے برابر ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

克

等于千分之一千克的公制重量单位

🇯🇵Japanese

グラム

キログラムの1000分の1に等しい重量のメートル単位

🇰🇷Korean

그램

킬로그램의 1,000분의 1에 해당하는 무게의 미터법 단위

🇹🇭Thai

กรัม

หน่วยเมตริกของน้ำหนักเท่ากับหนึ่งในพันของกิโลกรัม

🇵🇭Filipino

gramo

isang panukat na yunit ng timbang na katumbas ng isang ikalibo ng isang kilo

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غرام

وحدة مترية من الوزن تساوي ألف من الكيلوغرام

🇮🇷Persian

گرم

واحد متریک وزن برابر با یک هزارم کیلوگرم

🇮🇱Hebrew

גְרַם

יחידת משקל מטרית השווה לאלף קילוגרם

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