English
Alternative spellings
per cent (UK)
Etymology
Latin per centum, for every hundred.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- A part or other object per hundred
#: A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.
Usage notes
A percentage is often denoted by the character %.
Translations
Afrikaans: persent
Chinese: ���
Czech: procento n
Danish: procent
Dutch: procent n, percent n
Esperanto: procento, pocento, elcento
Finnish: prosentti
French: pour cent
German: Prozent n
Greek: �οι� εκα�� (tois ekato), �α εκα�� (ta ekato)
Hebrew: ����
Italian: per cento
Icelandic: hundraðshluti m, prósenta f, hundraðstala f
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Korean: ��� (peosenteu)
Latin: per centum
Polish: procent m
Portuguese: percento
Romanian: procent n, la sut�
Spanish: por ciento
Swedish: procent c
Derived terms
percentage
See also
per mille, permille]
See also
Punctuation
French
Verb
percent
- Third-person plural present of percer.
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