prefix
Meaning 1
large
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- macronucleus
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
macro-
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈmækɹoʊ/
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UK: /ˈmækɹəʊ/
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prefix
Meaning 2
long
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- macrobiotics
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 3
inclusive
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: inclusive, morpheme
Examples
- macroinstruction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 4
intensely, extremely, or exceptional
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: augmentative, morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 5
great in scope or scale, to analyse at a high level, or existing in such a frame of reference
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- macrosociology, macroanatomy, macrobenthos
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 6
large in quantity
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- macronutrient, macrodose
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh2ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh2ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- From French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”). By surface analysis, macr- + -o-.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: makro- — large
- Armenian: մակրո- (makro-) — large
- Catalan: macro- — large
- Chinese Mandarin: 宏觀 /宏观 (hóngguān) — large
- Chinese Mandarin: 巨 (jù) — large
- Danish: makro- — large
- Dutch: macro- — large
- Finnish: makro- — large
- French: macro- — large
- Galician: macro- — large
- Georgian: მაკრო- (maḳro-) — large
- German: makro- — large
- Greek: μακρο- (makro-) — large
- Icelandic: stór- — large
- Icelandic: óeðlilega stór — large
- Icelandic: óeðlilega stórt — large
- Icelandic: risa- — large
- Indonesian: makro- — large
- Irish: macra- — large
- Khmer: មហា- (mɔhaa-) — large
- Polish: makro- — large
- Portuguese: macro- — large
- Romanian: macro- — large
- Russian: ма́кро- (mákro-) — large
- Spanish: macro- — large
- Turkish: makro- — large
- Afrikaans: makro- — long
- Galician: macro- — long
- Greek: μακρο- (makro-) — long
- Icelandic: lang- — long
- Indonesian: makro- — long
- Irish: macra- — long
- Khmer: ទីឃ- (tiikhea’-) — long
- Polish: makro- — long