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 (feminine)

	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