prósenta
Icelandic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin per centum (“by one hundred”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prósenta f (genitive singular prósentu, nominative plural prósentur)
- per cent
- Synonyms: hundraðshluti, hundraðstala
Declension edit
declension of prósenta
| 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