proportion

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• General-American: /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpɔːʃən/
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From Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō (“comparative relation, proportion, symmetry, analogy”), from pro (“for, before”) + portio (“share, part”); see portion. By surface analysis, pro- + portion.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: proporción — quantity that is part of the whole
• Belarusian: прапо́рцыя (prapórcyja) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Bulgarian: дял (djal) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Catalan: proporció — quantity that is part of the whole
• Chinese Mandarin: 比例 (bǐlì) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Czech: poměr — quantity that is part of the whole
• Esperanto: proporcio — quantity that is part of the whole
• Finnish: osa — quantity that is part of the whole
• Finnish: osuus — quantity that is part of the whole
• Finnish: suhde — quantity that is part of the whole
• French: proportion — quantity that is part of the whole
• Galician: proporción — quantity that is part of the whole
• German: Teil — quantity that is part of the whole
• German: Proportion — quantity that is part of the whole
• Greek: αναλογία (analogía) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Ancient Greek: ἀναλογία (analogía) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Hungarian: hányad — quantity that is part of the whole
• Interlingua: proportion — quantity that is part of the whole
• Irish: comhréir — quantity that is part of the whole
• Italian: proporzione — quantity that is part of the whole
• Japanese: 割合 (wariai) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Japanese: 比例 (hirei) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Korean: 비례 (birye) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Latin: prōportiō — quantity that is part of the whole
• Māori: hautanga — quantity that is part of the whole
• Polish: proporcja — quantity that is part of the whole
• Polish: odsetek — quantity that is part of the whole
• Portuguese: proporção — quantity that is part of the whole
• Russian: пропо́рция (propórcija) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Spanish: proporción — quantity that is part of the whole
• Tagalog: hagway — quantity that is part of the whole
• Turkish: orantı — quantity that is part of the whole
• Ukrainian: пропо́рція (propórcija) — quantity that is part of the whole
• Vietnamese: tỉ lệ — quantity that is part of the whole
• Bulgarian: съразмерност (sǎrazmernost) — harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole
• Hungarian: arány — harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole
• Polish: proporcja — harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole
• Bulgarian: дял (djal) — proper or equal share
• German: Anteil — proper or equal share
• Malayalam: അനുപാതം (anupātaṁ) — proper or equal share
• Bulgarian: пропорционалност (proporcionalnost) — the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree
• Hungarian: arány — the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree
• Malayalam: അനുപാതം (anupātaṁ) — the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree
• Polish: proporcja — the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree
• Ottoman Turkish: نسبت (nisbet) — the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree
• Bulgarian: пропорция (proporcija) — (mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios
• Finnish: verranto — (mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios
• Hungarian: aránypár — (mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios
• Indonesian: proporsi — (mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios
• Malay: قدرن (kadaran) — (mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios
• Polish: proporcja — (mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios
• Bulgarian: съгласувам (sǎglasuvam) — to set or render in proportion
• Bulgarian: съразмерявам (sǎrazmerjavam) — to set or render in proportion
• Hungarian: arányosít — to set or render in proportion
• Hungarian: arányba állít — to set or render in proportion
• Portuguese: proporcionar — to set or render in proportion