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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespercentagem
Pronunciation / Transliteration: percentagem
"Uma grande percentagem da população prefere café."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A rate, number, or amount in each hundred.
"A high percentage of the population voted in the election."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Modern Latin phrase 'per centum', meaning 'by the hundred', combining 'per' (through, by) and 'centum' (hundred). Entering English in the 16th century, the suffix '-age' was later added to form the modern noun denoting a rate, proportion, or share calculated per hundred.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Percentage" is said worldwide
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pourcentage
Transliteration: pourcentage
"Un grand pourcentage des étudiants a réussi l'examen."
Prozentsatz
Transliteration: Prozentsatz
"Ein hoher Prozentsatz der Bevölkerung nutzt das Internet."
percentuale
Transliteration: percentuale
"Una percentuale elevata di persone ha votato."
porcentaje
Transliteration: porcentaje
"Un gran porcentaje de los empleados asistió a la reunión."
percentagem
Transliteration: percentagem
"Uma grande percentagem da população prefere café."
प्रतिशत
Transliteration: pratishat
"छात्रों का एक बड़ा प्रतिशत परीक्षा में उत्तीर्ण हुआ।"
百分比
Transliteration: bǎifēnbǐ
"很高比例的人口拥有智能手机。"
백분율
Transliteration: baekbunyul
"높은 백분율의 학생들이 시험에 합격했습니다."
パーセンテージ
Transliteration: pāsenteiji
"大多数の人がその提案に賛成した。"
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