パーセント


㌫ U+332B, ㌫
SQUARE PAASENTO
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Japanese

Alternative spelling
%

Etymology

Borrowed from English percent.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) パーセント [pàáséꜜǹtò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [pa̠ːsẽ̞nto̞]

Noun

パーセント • (pāsento) 

  1. percent
    １(いち)パーセント
    ichipāsento
    one percent

Usage notes

  • When パーセント is preceded by 十(じゅう) (jū), it combines with the preceding numeral to form 十(じゅっ)パーセント (juppāsento), e.g. ５０(ごじゅっ)パーセント ― goju'pāsento ― fifty percent

Synonyms

  • プロセント (purosento) (archaic)

Descendants

  • → Hokkien: phă-siàn-tò͘

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
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