microcosm
English
/ˈmaɪ.kɹə(ʊ)ˌkɒzəm/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌkɑzəm/
noun
Definitions
- Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
- (obsolete) The human body; a person.
- A smaller system which is seen as representative of (of) a larger one.
- (ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.
Etymology
Derived from French microcosme.
Origin
French
microcosme
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- heterocosm English
- micro English
- micro- English
- microcosmic English
- microcosmically English
- microcosmography English
- microlithic English
- microphone English
- microscope English
- micro- Latin
- microcosmus Latin
- microlepis Latin
- micropterus Latin
- microscopium Latin
- mikro- Hungarian
- Micronesië Dutch, Flemish
- microbe French
- microcosme French
- microcosmique French
- microcéphalique French
- micro- Spanish, Castilian
- μικρόκοσμος Ancient Greek
- μικρός Ancient Greek
- *smēyg- Proto-Indo-European
- Mikronesia Norwegian Bokmål
- mikrobe Norwegian Bokmål
- Mikronesia Norwegian Nynorsk
- mikrobe Norwegian Nynorsk
- mikro- Danish
- microcosm Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- μικροσκόπιο Greek (modern)
- μικρός Greek (modern)
- mikroskops Latvian
- mikro- Turkish
- mikro- Estonian
- nicu Sicilian