micro-
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin micro- (“small”), from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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micro-
- Very small.
- organism → microorganism
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- (units): μ- (abbreviation)
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English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Pronunciation edit
- (stress on first syllable; e.g., microscope) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪkɹə-/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊ-/
Audio (US) (file)
- (stress on second syllable; e.g., microscopy) IPA(key): /maɪˈkɹɒ-/
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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).
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- (antonym(s) of "diminutive"): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla, grand, great
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very small
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one millionth
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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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, 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 edit
Etymology edit
New Latin micro- (“small”), from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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Audio (file)
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micro-
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French edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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Audio (file)
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micro-
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Further reading edit
- “micro-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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micro-
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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micro-
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Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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micro-
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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micro-
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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micro-
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Further reading edit
- “micro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014