French Conversation · Level 23
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French word
proportion
Pronunciation
IPA/pʁopɔʁsjɔ̃/
Meaning
- feminine nounproportion
Example
La proportion de personnes âgées augmente.
The proportion of elderly people is increasing.
More examples
Une proportion importante des habitants utilise le vélo.
A significant proportion of residents use bicycles.
Core concept
A bar segment or slice whose size shows how much of a whole belongs to one group.
Common phrases
la proportion de
the proportion of ___
une proportion importante
a significant proportion
une proportion faible
a small proportion
Similar words
pourcentage: A ratio expressed as a number out of 100 and marked with the percent sign.
partie: A portion or section of a whole, especially when describing its share of the total.
Definition in French
Mesure numérique indiquant la part d'un sous-ensemble par rapport au total, souvent présentée en pourcentage.
Word origin
French proportion comes through Old French from Latin proportio, a term related to pro- and portio, "part," for a part considered in relation to a whole.
Usage tips
- Proportion is feminine in French, so the standard article is une, as in une proportion.
Opposites
- disproportiondisproportionnoun
Related words
- proportionnelproportionaladjective
- proportionnellementproportionallyadverb