パーセント

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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)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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