micro-
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin micro- (“small”), from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Prefix
micro-
- Very small.
- organism → microorganism
- (metric units) One millionth.
- gram → microgram
Derived terms
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file)
Prefix
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micro-
- Very small.
- organism → microorganism
- (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).
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Translations
very small
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one millionth
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Anagrams
Catalan
Prefix
micro-
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Further reading
- “micro-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “micro-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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
Etymology
New Latin micro- (“small”) (from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”)
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Prefix
micro-
Derived terms
French
Prefix
micro-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “micro-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Prefix
micro-
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Occitan
Prefix
micro-
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Portuguese
Prefix
micro-
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Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Prefix
micro-
Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “micro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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