prósenta
Icelandic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin per centum (“by one hundred”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editprósenta f (genitive singular prósentu, nominative plural prósentur)
- per cent
- Synonyms: hundraðshluti, hundraðstala
Declension
editDeclension of prósenta | ||||
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f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | prósenta | prósentan | prósentur | prósenturnar |
accusative | prósentu | prósentuna | prósentur | prósenturnar |
dative | prósentu | prósentunni | prósentum | prósentunum |
genitive | prósentu | prósentunnar | prósenta/prósentna | prósentanna/prósentnanna |
Coordinate terms
edit- prósentustig (percentage point)
- punktur (a basis point, permyriad; one hundredth of one percent, ‱)
Further reading
edit- “prósenta” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- Blöndal, Sigfús, Björg Þorláksdóttir Blöndal, Jón Ófeigsson, Holger Wiehe (1924) “prósenta”, in Íslensk-Dönsk Orðabók / Islandsk-Dansk Ordbog[1] (in Danish), Reykjavík: Prentsmiðjan Gutenberg, page 122