Standard Lemma guide

percent

adv · noun · prep_phrase · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈsɛnt/
  • General-American: /pɚˈsɛnt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /pəˈsent/
  • rhymes with -ɛnt
  • CMU ARPABET: P ER0 S EH1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • only a small percent attain the top ranks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The percent sign, %.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

prep_phrase

Meaning 6

Per hundred.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: percentage, per centum, pct

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: proportion

Narrower terms: absentee rate, occupancy rate, vacancy rate, unemployment rate

History

Etymology

From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).

Across languages

Translations

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: persent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Albanian: përqind — a part or other object per hundred
  • Arabic: فِي الْمِئَة (fī l-miʔa) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Arabic: بِالْمِئَة (bi-l-miʔa) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܘ ܐܸܡܵܐ (go imma) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܐܸܡܵܐ (bimma) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Armenian: տոկոս (tokos) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Asturian: por cientu — a part or other object per hundred
  • Azerbaijani: faiz — a part or other object per hundred
  • Azerbaijani: yüzdə — a part or other object per hundred
  • Bashkir: процент (protsent) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Basque: ehuneko — a part or other object per hundred
  • Belarusian: працэ́нт (pracént) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Belarusian: адсо́так (adsótak) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Bengali: শতাংশ (śotaṅśo) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Breton: dre gant — a part or other object per hundred
  • Bulgarian: проце́нт (procént) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Burmese: ရာခိုင်နှုန်း (rahkuinghnun:) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Catalan: per cent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Chinese Cantonese: 百分之...... (baak3 fan6 zi1...) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Chinese Cantonese: 巴仙 (baa1 sin1) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Hakka Chinese: 趴先多 (phà-sén-tó) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Chinese: 百分之...... (pah-hun-chi...) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Chinese Mandarin: 百分之...... (bǎi fēn zhī...) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴仙 (bāxiān) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Czech: procento — a part or other object per hundred
  • Danish: procent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Dutch: procent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Erzya: сядопелькс (śadopeľks) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Esperanto: procento — a part or other object per hundred
  • Esperanto: pocento — a part or other object per hundred
  • Esperanto: elcento — a part or other object per hundred
  • Esperanto: centono — a part or other object per hundred
  • Estonian: protsent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Faroese: prosent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Fijian: pasede — a part or other object per hundred
  • Finnish: prosentti — a part or other object per hundred
  • Finnish: sadasosa — a part or other object per hundred
  • Finnish: prossa — a part or other object per hundred
  • Finnish: sadannes — a part or other object per hundred
  • French: pour cent — a part or other object per hundred
  • French: pourcent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Georgian: პროცენტი (ṗrocenṭi) — a part or other object per hundred
  • German: vom Hundert — a part or other object per hundred
  • German: Prozent — a part or other object per hundred
  • German: Perzent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Greek: τοις εκατό (tois ekató) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Hebrew: אָחוּז (akhúz) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Hindi: प्रतिशत (pratiśat) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Hindi: फ़ीसद (fīsad) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Hungarian: százalék — a part or other object per hundred
  • Icelandic: hundraðshluti — a part or other object per hundred
  • Icelandic: prósenta — a part or other object per hundred
  • Icelandic: hundraðstala — a part or other object per hundred
  • Ido: po cent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Ido: centimi — a part or other object per hundred
  • Indonesian: persen — a part or other object per hundred
  • Italian: per cento — a part or other object per hundred
  • Japanese: パーセント (pāsento) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Kazakh: пайыз (paiyz) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Kazakh: процент (prosent) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Khmer: ភាគរយ (phiək rɔɔy) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Korean: 퍼센트 (peosenteu) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Korean: 프로 (peuro) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Northern Kurdish: ji sedî — a part or other object per hundred
  • Kyrgyz: процент (protsent) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Kyrgyz: пайыз (payız) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Lao: ເປີເຊັນ (pœ̄ sen) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Latin: per centum — a part or other object per hundred
  • Latin: pro centum — a part or other object per hundred
  • Latvian: procents — a part or other object per hundred
  • Lithuanian: nuošimtis — a part or other object per hundred
  • Lithuanian: procentas — a part or other object per hundred
  • Macedonian: насто (nasto) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Macedonian: процент (procent) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Malay: peratus — a part or other object per hundred
  • Maltese: fil-mija — a part or other object per hundred
  • Māori: ōrau — a part or other object per hundred
  • Mongolian: процент (procent) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Mongolian: хувь (xuvʹ) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Norwegian Bokmål: prosent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Pashto: فيصد (fisad) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Iranian Persian: دَرْصَد (darsad) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Iranian Persian: فی صَد (fi sad) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Polish: procent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Portuguese: por cento — a part or other object per hundred
  • Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਤ (prtiśat) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Romanian: procent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Romanian: la sută — a part or other object per hundred
  • Russian: проце́нт (procént) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Samoan: pasene — a part or other object per hundred
  • Scottish Gaelic: às a' cheud — a part or other object per hundred
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏сто̄ — a part or other object per hundred
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏дсто̄ — a part or other object per hundred
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀стотак — a part or other object per hundred
  • Serbo-Croatian: проценат — a part or other object per hundred
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍstō — a part or other object per hundred
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍdstō — a part or other object per hundred
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòstotak — a part or other object per hundred
  • Serbo-Croatian: procenat — a part or other object per hundred
  • Slovak: percento — a part or other object per hundred
  • Slovene: odstotek — a part or other object per hundred
  • Spanish: por ciento — a part or other object per hundred
  • Swahili: asilimia — a part or other object per hundred
  • Swedish: procent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Tagalog: bahagdan — a part or other object per hundred
  • Tagalog: porsiyento — a part or other object per hundred
  • Tajik: дарсад (darsad) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Tajik: фоиз (foyiz) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Tajik: дар сад (dar sad) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Tamil: விழுக்காடு (viḻukkāṭu) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Tamil: சதவீதம் (catavītam) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Telugu: శాతం (śātaṁ) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Thai: เปอร์เซ็นต์ (bpəə-sen) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Thai: ร้อยละ (rɔ́ɔi-lá) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Turkish: yüzde — a part or other object per hundred
  • Turkmen: protsent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Turkmen: prosent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Ukrainian: відсо́ток (vidsótok) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Ukrainian: проце́нт (procént) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Urdu: فِیصَد (fīsad) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Urdu: فی صَد (fī sad) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Uyghur: پىرسەنت (pirsent) — a part or other object per hundred
  • Uzbek: protsent — a part or other object per hundred
  • Uzbek: foiz — a part or other object per hundred
  • Vietnamese: phần trăm — a part or other object per hundred
  • Walloon: porcint — a part or other object per hundred
  • Welsh: y cant — a part or other object per hundred
  • Yiddish: פּראָצענט (protsent) — a part or other object per hundred
Real reading context

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