"permille" meaning in English

See permille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈmɪli/, /pə(ɹ)ˈmɪl/ Forms: permille [plural]
Etymology: From Latin: per (“per”) + mīlle (“thousand”). Head templates: {{en-noun|*}} permille (plural permille)
  1. A part or other object per thousand. Wikidata QID: Q99487704 Synonyms: mul:‰, ppt Translations (per thousand): فِي الْأَلْف (fī l-ʔalf) (Arabic), بِالْأَلْف (bi-l-ʔalf) (Arabic), 千分率 (qiānfēnlǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), 千分比 (qiānfēnbǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), promile [neuter] (Czech), promille [common-gender] (Danish), promille (Dutch), elmilo (Esperanto), promilo (Esperanto), milono (Esperanto), pomilo [rare] (Esperanto), promilla [feminine] (Faroese), promille (Finnish), pour mille (French), Promille [neuter] (German), τοις χιλίοις (tois chilíois) (Greek), ezrelék (Hungarian), permil (Indonesian), perseribu (Indonesian), パーミル (pāmiru) (Japanese), промилле (promille) (Kazakh), 퍼밀 (peomil) (Korean), проми́л (promíl) [masculine] (Macedonian), promil [masculine] (Polish), por mil (Portuguese), promilă (Romanian), промилле (promille) (Russian), potisućak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), promil [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), promile [neuter] (Slovak), por mil (Spanish), promille [common-gender] (Swedish), binde (Turkish), проміле (promile) (Ukrainian), phần nghìn (Vietnamese), phần ngàn (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "per thousand",
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          "roman": "tois chilíois",
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "perseribu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "pāmiru",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "パーミル"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "promille",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "промилле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "peomil",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "퍼밀"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "promíl",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проми́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "promil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "por mil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "promilă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "promille",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "промилле"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "potisućak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "promil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "promile"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "por mil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "promille"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "binde"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "promile",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "проміле"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "phần nghìn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "per thousand",
      "word": "phần ngàn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "permille"
}

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