microcosmos

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English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ cosmos.

Noun

microcosmos (plural microcosmoi or microcosmoses)

  1. A small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.
    • 1916, Classical Philology, volume 11, University of Chicago Press, page 222:
      So the double men of Aristophanes are microcosmoi (p. 566); as the world is divided, so are they.

Latin

Noun

microcosmōs

  1. accusative plural of microcosmus

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French microcosme or Latin microcosmus.

Noun

microcosmos n (plural microcosmosuri)

  1. microcosm; a little world in miniature.

Declension

Spanish

Noun

microcosmos m (plural microcosmos)

  1. microcosmos

Noun

microcosmos

  1. plural of microcosmo

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