micro-organismo
Portuguese, noun/ˌmi.kɾo.oʁ.ɡaˈniz.mu/
micro-organismo is spelled M-I-C-R-O-O-R-G-A-N-I-S-M-O (14 letters). Micro-organismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “microorganism (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “denominação comum a organismos microscópicos”.
What does micro-organismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemicroorganism (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. denominação comum a organismos microscópicos 2. organismo, animal ou vegetal, de dimensões microscópicas; emprega-se o termo para designar especificamente os germes patogênicos: protozoários, espiroquetas, micetes, bactérias, rickéttsias e vírus
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of micro-organismo
- micro-organismos plural
- microrganismo alternative
- microorganismo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce micro-organismo?
- Brazil /ˌmi.kɾo.oʁ.ɡaˈniz.mu/
- Brazil [ˌmi.kɾo.oɦ.ɡaˈniz.mu]
- /ˌmi.kɾo.oɾ.ɡaˈniz.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to micro-organismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.