microcosme
French, noun/mi.kʁɔ.kɔsm/
microcosme is spelled M-I-C-R-O-C-O-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microcosme is a French masculine noun meaning “microcosm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monde en petit”.
What does microcosme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemicrocosm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monde en petit. 2. Milieu de petite envergure constituant un monde en soi, distinct du reste du monde. 3. Milieu social replié sur lui-même. 4. Ascidie à peau violette, comestible, de la Méditerranée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of microcosme
- microcosmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microcosme?
- /mi.kʁɔ.kɔsm/
- \mi.kʁɔ.kɔsm\
- \ma.kʁɔ.kɔsm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microcosme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microcosme in French?
microcosme appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).