microalga

English

Etymology

From micro- (“small”) +‎ alga.

Noun

microalga (plural microalgae)

1. Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.

Synonyms

• phytoplankton

Antonyms

• macroalga

Derived terms

• microalgal

Translations

microscopic photosynthetic protists

• French: micro-algue (fr) f, micro-algues (fr) f pl
• Italian: microalga f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mikroalge m

  Nynorsk: mikroalge m

Anagrams

• macroglia

Italian

Etymology

From micro- +‎ alga.

Noun

microalga f (plural microalghe)

1. microalga

Spanish

Etymology

From micro- +‎ alga.

Noun

microalga f (plural microalgas)

1. microalga

Further reading

• “microalga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10