Standard Lemma guide

permille

noun · 1 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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  • /pə(ɹ)ˈmɪli/
  • /pə(ɹ)ˈmɪl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪli
  • rhymes with -ɪl

1

noun

Meaning 1

A part or other object per thousand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • three permille (0.003)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mul:‰, ppt

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin: per (“per”) + mīlle (“thousand”).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِي الْأَلْف (fī l-ʔalf) — per thousand
  • Arabic: بِالْأَلْف (bi-l-ʔalf) — per thousand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 千分率 (qiānfēnlǜ) — per thousand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 千分比 (qiānfēnbǐ) — per thousand
  • Czech: promile — per thousand
  • Danish: promille — per thousand
  • Dutch: promille — per thousand
  • Esperanto: elmilo — per thousand
  • Esperanto: promilo — per thousand
  • Esperanto: milono — per thousand
  • Esperanto: pomilo — per thousand
  • Faroese: promilla — per thousand
  • Finnish: promille — per thousand
  • French: pour mille — per thousand
  • German: Promille — per thousand
  • Greek: τοις χιλίοις (tois chilíois) — per thousand
  • Hungarian: ezrelék — per thousand
  • Indonesian: permil — per thousand
  • Indonesian: perseribu — per thousand
  • Japanese: パーミル (pāmiru) — per thousand
  • Kazakh: промилле (promille) — per thousand
  • Korean: 퍼밀 (peomil) — per thousand
  • Macedonian: проми́л (promíl) — per thousand
  • Polish: promil — per thousand
  • Portuguese: por mil — per thousand
  • Romanian: promilă — per thousand
  • Russian: промилле (promille) — per thousand
  • Serbo-Croatian: potisućak — per thousand
  • Serbo-Croatian: promil — per thousand
  • Slovak: promile — per thousand
  • Spanish: por mil — per thousand
  • Swedish: promille — per thousand
  • Turkish: binde — per thousand
  • Ukrainian: проміле (promile) — per thousand
  • Vietnamese: phần nghìn — per thousand
  • Vietnamese: phần ngàn — per thousand