micro-

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

micro-

1. Very small.

   organism → microorganism

• (units): μ- (abbreviation)

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

• (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-/

micro-

1. (diminutive) Very small.

   organism → microorganism

2. (metric units) One millionth.

   gram → microgram

• (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).

• (diminutive): mini-, nano-, -ette, -ee, -y, -icle/-cule/-ule/-ole

• (antonym(s) of “diminutive”): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla, grand, great

• Romic, cormi, moric

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈi]

micro-

1. micro-

   Antonym: macro-

• “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.

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

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micro-

1. micro-

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

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micro-

1. micro-

• “micro-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

micro-

1. micro-

   Antonym: macro-

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

micro-

1. micro-

   Antonym: macro-

• cromi

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

micro-

1. micro-

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

micro-

1. micro- (very small)
2. (metric units) micro- (one millionth)

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

micro-

1. micro-

   Antonym: macro-

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