microcosmos

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

• microcosm

Etymology

Borrowed from French microcosme or Latin microcosmus.

Noun

microcosmos n (plural microcosmosuri)

1. microcosm; a little world in miniature.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	microcosmos	microcosmosul		microcosmosuri	microcosmosurile
genitive-dative	microcosmos	microcosmosului		microcosmosuri	microcosmosurilor
vocative	microcosmosule			microcosmosurilor

Spanish

Noun

microcosmos m (plural microcosmos)

1. microcosmos

Noun

microcosmos

1. plural of microcosmo

Further reading

• “microcosmos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28