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Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English percent.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
パーセント • (pāsento)
- percent
- １パーセント
- ichipāsento
- one percent
Usage notes
- When パーセント is preceded by 十 (jū), it combines with the preceding numeral to form 十パーセント (juppāsento), e.g. ５０パーセント ― goju'pāsento ― fifty percent
Synonyms
- プロセント (purosento) (archaic)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
