microcosmo
Portuguese, noun/ˌmi.kɾoˈkɔz.mu/
microcosmo is spelled M-I-C-R-O-C-O-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microcosmo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “microcosm (smaller system as representative of a larger one)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mundo pequeno”.
What does microcosmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemicrocosm (smaller system as representative of a larger one)
- 2
masculinemicrocosm (a small ecosystem)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mundo pequeno 2. síntese do Universo
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 microcosmo
- microcosmos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microcosmo?
- Brazil /ˌmi.kɾoˈkɔz.mu/
- /ˌmi.kɾoˈkɔʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ˌmi.kɾɔˈkɔʒ.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 microcosmo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microcosmo in Portuguese?
microcosmo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).