microcosm

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹə(ʊ)ˌkɒz.əm/
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• US: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌkɑz.əm/
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From French microcosme, from Latin microcosmus, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + κόσμος (kósmos, “universe, order”); micro- + -cosm.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: microcosmos — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Chinese Mandarin: 小宇宙 (xiǎoyǔzhòu) — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Finnish: mikrokosmos — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• French: microcosme — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• German: Mikrokosmos — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Greek: μικροκόσμος (mikrokósmos) — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Irish: micreacosma — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Italian: microcosmo — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Japanese: 小宇宙 (shōuchū) — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Korean: 소우주 (souju) — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Norwegian Bokmål: mikrokosmos — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mikrokosmos — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Old English: se lǣssa middangeard — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Portuguese: microcosmo — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Russian: микроко́см (mikrokósm) — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Russian: микроко́смос (mikrokósmos) — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Slovene: mikrokozmos — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Spanish: microcosmo — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Turkish: mikrokozmos — human nature or body as representative of the wider universe
• Finnish: mikrokosmos — obsolete: the human body, a person
• Japanese: 小宇宙 (shōuchū) — obsolete: the human body, a person
• Slovene: mikrokozmos — obsolete: the human body, a person
• Spanish: microcosmo — obsolete: the human body, a person
• Chinese Mandarin: 縮影 /缩影 (suōyǐng) — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Finnish: malli — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Finnish: mikrokosmos — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• French: microcosme — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Georgian: მიკროსამყარო (miḳrosamq̇aro) — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Georgian: მიკროკოსმოსი (miḳroḳosmosi) — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• German: Mikrokosmos — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Icelandic: smáheimur — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Icelandic: örheimur — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Irish: domhnán — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Italian: microcosmo — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Japanese: 小宇宙 (shōuchū) — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Korean: 축도 (chukdo) — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Macedonian: микроко́смос (mikrokósmos) — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Norwegian Bokmål: mikrokosmos — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mikrokosmos — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Old English: se lǣssa middangeard — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Portuguese: microcosmo — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Romanian: microcosm — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Romanian: microcosmos — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Russian: микроми́р (mikromír) — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Russian: микроко́см (mikrokósm) — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Russian: мирок (mirok) — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Slovene: mikrokozmos — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Spanish: microcosmo — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Swedish: mikrokosmos — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Turkish: mikrokozmos — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Volapük: smalavol — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Volapük: mikrokosmod — smaller system as representative of a larger one
• Finnish: pienoismaailma — small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model
• Finnish: mikrokosmos — small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model
• French: microcosme — small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model
• Italian: microcosmo — small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model
• Japanese: 小宇宙 (shōuchū) — small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model
• Portuguese: microcosmo — small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model
• Slovene: mikrokozmos — small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model
• Spanish: microcosmo — small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model
• Turkish: mikrokozmos — small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model