noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˌmaɪkɹəʊˌɛkəˈnɒnɪks/
/ˌmaɪkɹəʊˌiːkəˈnɒnɪks/
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noun
Meaning 1
The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: economics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: economics, economic science, political economy
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía)bor. Latin oeconomia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin oeconomicusder. Old French iconomikeder. Middle English iconomiquebor. Middle English economike, iconomique English economic English -s English economics English microeconomics From micro- + economics.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
mikro-ekonomie
— study of small-scale economic activities
Azerbaijani:
mikroiqtisadiyyat
— study of small-scale economic activities
Bashkir:
микроэкономика
(mikroekonomika)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Bengali:
ব্যষ্টিক অর্থনীতি
(bêśṭik orthoniti)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Bulgarian:
микроикономика
(mikroikonomika)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Chinese Cantonese:
微觀經濟學 /微观经济学
(mei4 gun1 ging1 zai3 hok6)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Chinese:
微觀經濟學 /微观经济学
(kò-thé-keng-chè-ha̍k)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Chinese Mandarin:
微觀經濟學 /微观经济学
(wēiguān jīngjìxué)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Czech:
mikroekonomie
— study of small-scale economic activities
Dutch:
micro-economie
— study of small-scale economic activities
Finnish:
mikrotaloustiede
— study of small-scale economic activities
French:
microéconomie
— study of small-scale economic activities
Galician:
microeconomía
— study of small-scale economic activities
Georgian:
მიკროეკონომიკა
(miḳroeḳonomiḳa)
— study of small-scale economic activities
German:
Mikroökonomie
— study of small-scale economic activities
Greek:
μικροοικονομική
(mikrooikonomikí)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Hindi:
व्यष्टि अर्थशास्त्र
(vyaṣṭi arthaśāstra)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Icelandic:
rekstrarhagfræði
— study of small-scale economic activities
Indonesian:
ekonomi mikro
— study of small-scale economic activities
Irish:
micreacnamaíocht
— study of small-scale economic activities
Japanese:
ミクロ経済学
(mikuro-keizaigaku)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Kannada:
ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಅರ್ಥಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
(sūkṣma arthaśāstra)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Kazakh:
кішігірім экономика
(kışıgırım ékonomika)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Kazakh:
микроэкономика
(mikroékonomika)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Khmer:
ចុល្លសេដ្ឋវិទ្យា
(jol lak sed dhak vi tyea)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Korean:
미시경제학
(misigyeongjehak)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Kyrgyz:
микроэкономика
(mikroekonomika)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Latin:
microoeconomia
— study of small-scale economic activities
Malay:
mikroekonomi
— study of small-scale economic activities
Malayalam:
മൈക്രോ എക്കണോമിക്സ്
(maikrō ekkaṇōmiksŭ)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Pashto:
کوچنی اقتصاد
— study of small-scale economic activities
Persian:
اقتصاد خرد
— study of small-scale economic activities
Polish:
mikroekonomia
— study of small-scale economic activities
Portuguese:
microeconomia
— study of small-scale economic activities
Russian:
микроэкономика
(mikroekonomika)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Spanish:
microeconomía
— study of small-scale economic activities
Tagalog:
mikagimatan
— study of small-scale economic activities
Tagalog:
mik-agimatan
— study of small-scale economic activities
Tamil:
குறும்பொருளியல்
(kuṟumporuḷiyal)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Telugu:
సూక్ష్మ అర్థ శాస్త్రము
(sūkṣma artha śāstramu)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Thai:
เศรษฐศาสตร์จุลภาค
(sèet-tà-sàat-jun-lá-pâak)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Tibetan:
ཕྲ་མཐོང་དཔལ་འབྱོར
(phra mthong dpal 'byor)
— study of small-scale economic activities
Uzbek:
mikroiqtisodiyot
— study of small-scale economic activities
Vietnamese:
kinh tế học vi mô
— study of small-scale economic activities
