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See also: macro
Translingual
Prefix
macro-
Derived terms
English
Etymology
From French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
macro-
- large
- long
- inclusive
- (augmentative) intensely, extremely, or exceptional
- great in scope or scale, to analyse at a high level, or existing in such a frame of reference
- large in quantity
Usage notes
- Another form of macro- is macr-, which is especially used before a vowel (a, e, i, o and u, and sometimes y).
Synonyms
- (augmentative): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, arch-, over-, mega-, maxi-, giga-, -zilla, grand
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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long
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
macro-
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Prefix
macro-
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
Prefix
macro-
Derived terms
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
Prefix
macro-
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μακρο- (makro-, “long, large”).
Prefix
macro-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “macro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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