micro-

See also: micro

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin micro- (“small”) (from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”)

Prefix

micro-

1. Small

Derived terms

► Translingual words prefixed with micro-

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English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

SI prefix
µ
	Previous:	nano-
	Next:	milli-

micro-

1. Very small.

   organism → microorganism

2. (metric units) One millionth.

   gram → microgram

Usage notes

• (one millionth): Officially, micro- is abbreviated as µ- (the Greek letter mu); for example, one second is 1s, so one microsecond is 1µs. However, for many purposes this is inconvenient, so writers often use either u- (for its similar appearance to µ-) or mc-, producing, for example, 1um (one micrometer) and 1mcg (one microgram).

Antonyms

• (very small): mega-, macro-

Derived terms

► English words prefixed with micro-

Translations

very small

• Catalan: micro- (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微- (zh) (wēi-)

• Czech: mikro- (cs)
• Finnish: mikro- (fi)
• French: micro- (fr)
• Galician: micro- (gl)
• German: mikro-

• Greek: μικρο- (el) (mikro-)
• Hebrew: מיקרו־ (míkro-), מיקרו (míkro)
• Italian: micro- (it)
• Japanese: マイクロ- (maikuro-)
• Malay: mikro-
• Portuguese: micro-
• Russian: микро- (ru) (mikro-)
• Spanish: micro- (es)
• Swedish: mikro- (sv)
• Turkish: mikro-

one millionth

• Catalan: micro- (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微- (zh) (wēi-)

• Czech: mikro- (cs)
• Finnish: mikro- (fi)
• French: micro- (fr)
• Galician: micro- (gl)

• Greek: μικρο- (el) (mikro-)
• Hebrew: מיקרו־ (míkro-), מיקרו (míkro)
• Italian: micro- (it)
• Japanese: マイクロ (ja) (maikuro)
• Portuguese: micro-
• Russian: микро- (ru) (mikro-)
• Spanish: micro- (es)
• Swedish: mikro- (sv)
• Turkish: mikro-

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} микро- (mikro-)
• Mandarin: 微- (wēi)
• German: ^{(please verify)} mikro-
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సూక్ష్మ (te) (sūkṣma)

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Catalan

Prefix

micro-

1. micro-

Antonyms

• macro-

Derived terms

► Catalan words prefixed with micro-

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French

Prefix

micro-

1. micro-

Derived terms

► French words prefixed with micro-

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Italian

Prefix

micro-

1. micro-

Antonyms

• macro-

Derived terms

► Italian words prefixed with micro-

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Portuguese

Prefix

micro-

1. micro- (very small)
2. (metric units) micro- (one millionth)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós) "small".

Prefix

micro-

1. micro-

Antonyms

• macro-

Derived terms

► Spanish words prefixed with micro-