persentase

Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed from persen +‎ -ase, borrowed from Dutch percentage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pərsɛnˈtasə]
• Hyphenation: pêr‧sèn‧ta‧sê

Noun

pêrsèntasê (first-person possessive persentaseku, second-person possessive persentasemu, third-person possessive persentasenya)

1. percentage: the amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.

Alternative forms

• presentase
• prosentase

 

Derived terms

• persentase beranak
• persentase layu

 

Further reading

• “persentase” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.