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Galician
Etymology
From New Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mikɾosˈkɔpjo/
- Rhymes: -ɔpjo
- Hyphenation: mi‧cros‧co‧pio
Noun
microscopio m (plural microscopios)
- microscope
Derived terms
Further reading
Interlingua
Noun
microscopio (plural microscopios)
- microscope
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)
- microscope
Further reading
- microscopio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- microscopio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mikɾosˈkopjo/
- 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)
- microscope
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
microscopio
- first-person singular present indicative of microscopiar
Further reading