prósenta

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• prósent

Etymology

From Latin per centum (“by one hundred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰrouːsɛn̥ta/

Noun

prósenta f (genitive singular prósentu, nominative plural prósentur)

1. per cent

   Synonyms: hundraðshluti, hundraðstala

Declension

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

• prósentustig (percentage point)
• punktur (a basis point, permyriad; one hundredth of one percent, ‱)

Further reading

• “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