phần trăm

Vietnamese

Etymology

phần +‎ trăm, calque of English percent, from New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fən˨˩ t͡ɕam˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [fəŋ˦˩ ʈam˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [fəŋ˨˩ ʈam˧˧]

Noun

phần trăm

percent
(arithmetic) the hundredths place

Derived terms

trăm phần trăm

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