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micro-

prefix
/ˈmaɪ.kɹə-/UK/ˈmaɪ.kɹə-/US/maɪˈkɹɒ-/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”). By surface analysis, micr- + -o-.

  1. derived from μικρός

Definitions

  1. Very small.

    • Near-synonyms: (prefixes) mini-, nano- (loose sense); (suffixes) -cule, -ee, -el, -et, -ette, -icle, -ie, -kin, -le, -let, -ling, -ole, -ule, -y
    • micro- + organism → microorganism

  2. One millionth.

    • micro- + gram → microgram

  3. Pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism

    Pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism; micronational.

    • micro- + wiki → MicroWiki

The neighborhood

  • antonymsuper-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymsupra-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymhyper-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymultra-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymuber-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymmacro-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymarch-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymover-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymmega-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymgiga-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonym-zillaantonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymgrandantonym(s) of “diminutive”

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for micro-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA