macrocosme
\ma.kʁɔ.kɔsm\
The verdict
“macrocosme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le grand monde, l’univers, l’ensemble des choses, par opposition au microcosme, le petit monde, c’est-à- dire l’homme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-macrocosme · macrocosme · French
macrocosme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macrocosme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.kʁɔ.kɔsm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « macrocosme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
macrocosme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.kʁɔ.kɔsm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le grand monde, l’univers, l’ensemble des choses, par opposition au microcosme, le petit monde, c’est-à- dire l’homme.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for macrocosme, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is macrocosme, spelled M-A-C-R-O-C-O-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Le grand monde, l’univers, l’ensemble des choses, par opposition au microcosme, le petit monde, c’est-à- dire l’homme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how macrocosme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La moniale bénédictine Hildegarde von Bingen décrivit une cosmologie des affections des plantes qui attribue essentiellement aux vapeurs toxiques du macrocosme les dégâts observés dans les champs du microcosme.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.