microscopio

See also: microscópio and microscopió

Galician

Alternative forms

• microscópio (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From New Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mikɾosˈkɔpjo/ [mi.kɾos̺ˈkɔ.pjʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔpjo
• Hyphenation: mi‧cros‧co‧pio

Noun

microscopio m (plural microscopios)

1. microscope

Related terms

• microscopía
• microscópico

Interlingua

Noun

microscopio (plural microscopios)

1. microscope

Related terms

• microscopia
• microscopic

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.kroˈskɔ.pjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔpjo
• Hyphenation: mi‧cro‧scò‧pio

Noun

microscopio m (plural microscopi)

1. microscope

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mikɾosˈkopjo/ [mi.kɾosˈko.pjo]

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• Rhymes: -opjo
• Syllabification: mi‧cros‧co‧pio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look at”).

Noun

microscopio m (plural microscopios)

1. microscope

Derived terms

• microscopio electrónico

 

Related terms

• microscópico

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

microscopio

1. first-person singular present indicative of microscopiar

Further reading

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