prósenta
Icelandic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin per centum (“by one hundred”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]prósenta f (genitive singular prósentu, nominative plural prósentur)
- per cent
- Synonyms: hundraðshluti, hundraðstala
Declension
[edit]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 | prósentna, prósenta | prósentnanna, prósentanna |
Coordinate terms
[edit]- prósentustig (“percentage point”)
- punktur (“a basis point, permyriad; one hundredth of one percent, ‱”)
Further reading
[edit]- “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