perc

See also: Perc, pêrc, pērc, perć, and perc.

English

Alternative forms

• perc.

Noun

perc (uncountable)

1. Perchloroethylene, a common solvent used in dry-cleaning
2. Abbreviation of percolation.

   a perc test of the soil

Adjective

perc (not comparable)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Percutaneous.

   perc trach

Anagrams

• ERCP, PCRE, RCEP, crep, eRCP, prec.

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from percen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrt͡s]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrt͡s

Noun

perc (plural percek)

1. minute (unit of time)
2. (geometry) minute (a unit of angle)
3. (anatomy) a segment of a finger

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	perc	percek
accusative	percet	perceket
dative	percnek	perceknek
instrumental	perccel	percekkel
causal-final	percért	percekért
translative	perccé	percekké
terminative	percig	percekig
essive-formal	percként	percekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	percben	percekben
superessive	percen	perceken
adessive	percnél	perceknél
illative	percbe	percekbe
sublative	percre	percekre
allative	perchez	percekhez
elative	percből	percekből
delative	percről	percekről
ablative	perctől	percektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	percé	perceké
non-attributive possessive - plural	percéi	percekéi

Possessive forms of perc
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	percem	perceim
2nd person sing.	perced	perceid
3rd person sing.	perce	percei
1st person plural	percünk	perceink
2nd person plural	percetek	perceitek
3rd person plural	percük	perceik

Derived terms

• p (abbreviation)
• percenként
• perces
• perckor
• percnyi

 

Compound words

• fényperc
• másodperc
• percmutató
• ujjperc

 

Further reading

• perc in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN