macrobiotic

English

Etymology

From macro- +‎ -biotic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

macrobiotic (comparative more macrobiotic, superlative most macrobiotic)

1. Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.
   • 1999, Shana Larsen, 200 Cigarettes (motion picture), spoken by Kevin (Paul Rudd):

     You let somebody move in with you, you make all these little compromises to smooth things along, and the next thing you know, you're on some macrobiotic diet, you're listening to Joni Mitchell!

2. Long-lived.

Translations

diet

• Catalan: macrobiòtic
• French: macrobiotique (fr)
• Galician: macrobiótico (gl)
• German: makrobiotisch
• Italian: macrobiotico (it)
• Spanish: macrobiótico
• Welsh: macrofiotig

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Makrobiotik or French macrobiotique.

Adjective

macrobiotic m or n (feminine singular macrobiotică, masculine plural macrobiotici, feminine and neuter plural macrobiotice)

1. macrobiotic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	macrobiotic		macrobiotică		macrobiotici	macrobiotice
	definite	macrobioticul		macrobiotica		macrobioticii	macrobioticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	macrobiotic		macrobiotice		macrobiotici	macrobiotice
	definite	macrobioticului		macrobioticei		macrobioticilor	macrobioticelor