microcosmos

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ cosmos

Noun

microcosmos (plural microcosmoi or microcosmoses)

1. A small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.
   • 1916, Classical Philology, volume 11, University of Chicago Press, page 222:

     So the double men of Aristophanes are microcosmoi (p. 566); as the world is divided, so are they.

Latin

Noun

microcosmōs

1. accusative plural of microcosmus

Romanian

Alternative forms

• microcosm

Etymology

Borrowed from French microcosme or Latin microcosmus.

Noun

microcosmos n (plural microcosmosuri)

1. microcosm; a little world in miniature.

Declension

Declension of microcosmos

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) microcosmos	microcosmosul	(niște) microcosmosuri	microcosmosurile
genitive/dative	(unui) microcosmos	microcosmosului	(unor) microcosmosuri	microcosmosurilor
vocative	microcosmosule		microcosmosurilor

Spanish

Noun

microcosmos m (plural microcosmos)

1. microcosmos

Noun

microcosmos

1. plural of microcosmo

Further reading

• “microcosmos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014