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Translingual

Etymology

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

Prefix

micro-

Very small.
‎micro- + ‎Cebus → ‎Microcebus
(metric units) One millionth.
Synonym: μ-

‎micro- + ‎gram → ‎microgram

Derived terms

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English

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Pronunciation

(stress on first syllable; e.g., microscope) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹə-/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊ-/
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(stress on second syllable; e.g., microscopy) IPA^(key): /maɪˈkɹɒ-/

Etymology 1

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?

Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.

English micro-

Prefix

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micro-

(diminutive) Very small.
‎micro- + ‎organism → ‎microorganism
(metric units) One millionth.
‎micro- + ‎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).

microinverse
microlateral
microlog
micronormal

English terms prefixed with micro- (millionth)

Translations

very small

Afrikaans: mikro-
Armenian: միկրո- (mikro-)
Belarusian: мікра- (mikra-)
Bulgarian: микро- (mikro-)
Catalan: micro- (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 微- (zh) (wēi-)
Czech: mikro- (cs)
Dutch: micro- (nl)
Esperanto: mikro-
Finnish: mikro- (fi)
French: micro- (fr)
Galician: micro- (gl)
Georgian: მიკრო- (miḳro-)
German: mikro- (de)
Greek: μικρο- (el) (mikro-)
Hebrew: מיקרו־ (he) (míkro-), מיקרו (míkro)
Hungarian: mikro- (hu)
Irish: micri-
Italian: micro- (it)
Japanese: マイクロ- (maikuro-)
Malay: mikro- (ms)
Occitan: micro- (oc)
Polish: mikro- (pl)
Portuguese: micro- (pt)
Russian: микро- (ru) (mikro-)
Slovene: mikro-
Spanish: micro- (es)
Swedish: mikro- (sv)
Turkish: mikro-

one millionth

Afrikaans: mikro-
Armenian: միկրո- (mikro-)
Belarusian: мікра- (mikra-)
Bulgarian: микро- (mikro-)
Catalan: micro- (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 微- (zh) (wēi-)
Czech: mikro- (cs)
Dutch: micro- (nl)
Esperanto: mikro-
Finnish: mikro- (fi)
French: micro- (fr)
Galician: micro- (gl)
Georgian: მიკრო- (miḳro-)
German: mikro- (de)
Greek: μικρο- (el) (mikro-)
Hebrew: מיקרו־ (he) (míkro-), מיקרו (míkro)
Hungarian: mikro- (hu)
Icelandic: míkró-
Indonesian: mikro- (id)
Italian: micro- (it)
Japanese: マイクロ (ja) (maikuro)
Malay: mikro- (ms)
Occitan: micro- (oc)
Polish: mikro- (pl)
Portuguese: micro- (pt)
Russian: микро- (ru) (mikro-)
Slovene: mikro-
Spanish: micro- (es)
Swedish: mikro- (sv)
Tagalog: mik-
Turkish: mikro-
Vietnamese: mi-crô (vi)

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