micro-
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin micro- (“small”), from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Prefix[edit]
micro-
- Very small.
- organism → microorganism
Synonyms[edit]
- (units): μ- (abbreviation)
Derived terms[edit]
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US) (file)
Prefix[edit]
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micro-
- (diminutive) Very small.
- organism → microorganism
- (metric units) One millionth.
- gram → microgram
Usage notes[edit]
- (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).
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (diminutive): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla, grand, great
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
very small
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one millionth
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Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Prefix[edit]
micro-
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Further reading[edit]
- “micro-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “micro-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “micro-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “micro-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin micro- (“small”), from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Prefix[edit]
micro-
Derived terms[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Prefix[edit]
micro-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “micro-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Prefix[edit]
micro-
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Anagrams[edit]
Occitan[edit]
Prefix[edit]
micro-
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Portuguese[edit]
Prefix[edit]
micro-
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Prefix[edit]
micro-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “micro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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