promille

See also: Promille

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: pro‧mil‧le

Noun

promille n (uncountable)

1. permille

See also

• procent

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish promille, from German Promille, from Latin per mille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpromilːe/, [ˈpro̞milːe̞]
• Rhymes: -omilːe
• Hyphenation^(key): pro‧mil‧le

Noun

promille

1. per mille, permille, per mil, per mill, (one) thousandth (1/1000th part of something)

Usage notes

• In English, the equivalents of this term are rarely used, even so that many dictionaries do not list them at all.
• A quite common use for promille in Finnish is to refer to blood alcohol content (BAC), e.g. 1 ‰ (promille(a)), equal to 0.1% (e.g. US) or 100 mg% (e.g. UK).

  kolmen promillen humala ― intoxication/drunkenness at a level of 3 ‰ (e.g. US: 0.3 BAC, e.g. UK: 300 mg%)

Declension

Inflection of promille (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		promille	promillet
genitive		promillen	promillejen
partitive		promillea	promilleja
illative		promilleen	promilleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		promille	promillet
accusative	nom.	promille	promillet
	gen.	promillen
genitive		promillen	promillejen promillein rare
partitive		promillea	promilleja
inessive		promillessa	promilleissa
elative		promillesta	promilleista
illative		promilleen	promilleihin
adessive		promillella	promilleilla
ablative		promillelta	promilleilta
allative		promillelle	promilleille
essive		promillena	promilleina
translative		promilleksi	promilleiksi
abessive		promilletta	promilleitta
instructive		—	promillein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of promille (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative promilleni promilleni accusative nom. promilleni promilleni gen. promilleni genitive promilleni promillejeni promilleini rare partitive promilleani promillejani inessive promillessani promilleissani elative promillestani promilleistani illative promilleeni promilleihini adessive promillellani promilleillani ablative promilleltani promilleiltani allative promillelleni promilleilleni essive promillenani promilleinani translative promillekseni promilleikseni abessive promillettani promilleittani instructive — — comitative — promilleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative promillesi promillesi accusative nom. promillesi promillesi gen. promillesi genitive promillesi promillejesi promilleisi rare partitive promilleasi promillejasi inessive promillessasi promilleissasi elative promillestasi promilleistasi illative promilleesi promilleihisi adessive promillellasi promilleillasi ablative promilleltasi promilleiltasi allative promillellesi promilleillesi essive promillenasi promilleinasi translative promilleksesi promilleiksesi abessive promillettasi promilleittasi instructive — — comitative — promilleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative promillemme promillemme accusative nom. promillemme promillemme gen. promillemme genitive promillemme promillejemme promilleimme rare partitive promilleamme promillejamme inessive promillessamme promilleissamme elative promillestamme promilleistamme illative promilleemme promilleihimme adessive promillellamme promilleillamme ablative promilleltamme promilleiltamme allative promillellemme promilleillemme essive promillenamme promilleinamme translative promilleksemme promilleiksemme abessive promillettamme promilleittamme instructive — — comitative — promilleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative promillenne promillenne accusative nom. promillenne promillenne gen. promillenne genitive promillenne promillejenne promilleinne rare partitive promilleanne promillejanne inessive promillessanne promilleissanne elative promillestanne promilleistanne illative promilleenne promilleihinne adessive promillellanne promilleillanne ablative promilleltanne promilleiltanne allative promillellenne promilleillenne essive promillenanne promilleinanne translative promilleksenne promilleiksenne abessive promillettanne promilleittanne instructive — — comitative — promilleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative promillensa promillensa accusative nom. promillensa promillensa gen. promillensa genitive promillensa promillejensa promilleinsa rare partitive promilleaan promilleansa promillejaan promillejansa inessive promillessaan promillessansa promilleissaan promilleissansa elative promillestaan promillestansa promilleistaan promilleistansa illative promilleensa promilleihinsa adessive promillellaan promillellansa promilleillaan promilleillansa ablative promilleltaan promilleltansa promilleiltaan promilleiltansa allative promillelleen promillellensa promilleilleen promilleillensa essive promillenaan promillenansa promilleinaan promilleinansa translative promillekseen promilleksensa promilleikseen promilleiksensa abessive promillettaan promillettansa promilleittaan promilleittansa instructive — — comitative — promilleineen promilleinensa

Synonyms

• tuhannesosa

Derived terms

compounds

• promillemerkki
• promillemittari
• promilleraja

 

See also

• prosentti

Further reading

• “promille”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Swedish

Noun

promille c

1. permille (per thousand)

Declension

Declension of promille

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	promille	promilles
	definite	promillen	promillens
plural	indefinite	promille	promilles
	definite	promillena	promillenas

Derived terms

• promillegräns
• promillehalt
• promilletal

Further reading

• promille in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker