Percent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɚsˈɛnt/

🇬🇧British English

/pəsˈɛnt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pəsˈɛnt/

2 syllables Say it as /pɚsˈɛnt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

per centum pct percentage

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Prozent

ein Verhältnis im Verhältnis zu einem Ganzen (das ist normalerweise der Betrag pro Hundert)

🇫🇷French

pour cent

une proportion par rapport à un tout (qui est généralement le montant pour cent)

🇪🇸Spanish

por ciento

una proporción en relación con un todo (que suele ser la cantidad por cien)

🇮🇹Italian

per cento

una proporzione rispetto all'intero (che di solito è l'importo per cento)

🇳🇱Dutch

procent

een verhouding ten opzichte van een geheel (meestal is dit het bedrag per honderd)

🇵🇹Portuguese

por cento

uma proporção em relação a um todo (que geralmente é o valor por cem)

🇷🇺Russian

процент

пропорция по отношению к целому (обычно это количество на сотню)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रतिशत

संपूर्ण के संबंध में एक अनुपात (जो आमतौर पर प्रति सौ राशि है)

🇧🇩Bengali

শতাংশ

সমগ্রের সাথে একটি অনুপাত (যা সাধারণত প্রতি শতের পরিমাণ)

🇮🇳Tamil

சதவீதம்

ஒரு முழுமையுடன் தொடர்புடைய விகிதாச்சாரத்தில் (இது பொதுவாக நூறுக்கான தொகையாகும்)

🇮🇳Telugu

శాతం

మొత్తానికి సంబంధించి ఒక నిష్పత్తి (ఇది సాధారణంగా వందకు మొత్తం)

🇮🇳Marathi

टक्के

संपूर्ण संबंधातील प्रमाण (जे सहसा प्रति शंभर रक्कम असते)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટકા

સમગ્રના સંબંધમાં પ્રમાણ (જે સામાન્ય રીતે સો દીઠ રકમ હોય છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶೇ

ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆಯಾಗಿ ಒಂದು ಅನುಪಾತ (ಇದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನೂರಕ್ಕೆ ಮೊತ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശതമാനം

മൊത്തവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് ഒരു അനുപാതം (സാധാരണയായി ഇത് നൂറിൽ ഉള്ള തുകയാണ്)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ

ਪੂਰੇ ਦੇ ਸਬੰਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ (ਜੋ ਕਿ ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਸੌ ਦੀ ਮਾਤਰਾ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

فیصد

مجموعی کے سلسلے میں ایک تناسب (جو عام طور پر فی سو کی رقم ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

百分比

相对于整体的比例（通常是每百的数量）

🇯🇵Japanese

パーセント

全体に対する割合 (通常は 100 あたりの量)

🇰🇷Korean

퍼센트

전체에 대한 비율(보통 100개당 금액)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phần trăm

một tỷ lệ liên quan đến tổng thể (thường là số tiền trên một trăm)

🇹🇭Thai

เปอร์เซ็นต์

สัดส่วนที่เกี่ยวข้องกับทั้งหมด (ซึ่งโดยปกติจะเป็นจำนวนเงินต่อร้อย)

🇮🇩Indonesian

persen

proporsi dalam kaitannya dengan keseluruhan (yang biasanya merupakan jumlah per seratus)

🇵🇭Filipino

porsyento

isang proporsyon na may kaugnayan sa isang kabuuan (na karaniwang ang halaga bawat daan)

🇲🇾Malay

peratus

perkadaran berhubung dengan keseluruhan (yang biasanya jumlah setiap seratus)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بالمائة

نسبة بالنسبة إلى الكل (وهو عادة المبلغ لكل مائة)

🇮🇷Persian

درصد

نسبت نسبت به یک کل (که معمولاً مقدار در صد است)

🇹🇷Turkish

yüzde

bir bütüne göre oran (genellikle yüzdeki miktardır)

🇮🇱Hebrew

אָחוּז

פרופורציה ביחס למכלול (שזה בדרך כלל הכמות למאה)

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