macro

English Online Dictionary. What means macro‎? What does macro mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæk.ɹəʊ/

Etymology 1

1933, from macro-, from French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).

Adjective

macro (not comparable)

1. Very large in scope or scale.

   Antonym: micro
2. (cooking, colloquial) Clipping of macrobiotic.

Translations

Noun

macro (countable and uncountable, plural macros)

1. (colloquial, nutrition, countable, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of macronutrient.
2. (colloquial, economics, uncountable) Clipping of macroeconomics.
3. (colloquial, photography, countable) Short for macro lens.

Etymology 2

Attested 1959, shortened from macroinstruction.

Noun

macro (plural macros)

1. (programming) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.

Usage notes

• Often used attributively; a macro language is the syntax for defining new macros; while macro expansion refers to the task of replacing the human-friendly version with a machine-readable version; a macro virus is a computer virus written in a macro language. Individual macros are sometimes referred to as macro functions, particularly when they accept parameters.
• The distinction between a macro language and a programming language is imprecise. Often a macro language is designed to allow one to customize one particular program, whereas a programming language is designed for writing entirely new programs.
• Whereas a shortcut is particularly easy to use, widely supported, and designed for normal users, macro systems are normally designed for power users.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• macro expansion
• template

Anagrams

• AMORC, Armco, Comar, Coram, Marco, carom, croma

Italian

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin macrum (“lean, skinny”). Doublet of magro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.kro/
• Rhymes: -akro
• Hyphenation: mà‧cro

Adjective

macro (feminine macra, masculine plural macri, feminine plural macre)

1. (literary) thin, skinny, scrawny

   Synonym: magro

Related terms

Further reading

• macro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From the clipping of various terms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.kro/
• Rhymes: -akro
• Hyphenation: mà‧cro

Adjective

macro (invariable)

1. (photography) Clipping of macrofotografico

Noun

macro f (invariable)

1. (computing) Clipping of macroistruzione

Further reading

• macro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from French macro, from maquereau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈkro/^*
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: ma‧cró

Noun

macro m (invariable)

1. (slang) pimp

   Synonyms: (literary) lenone, (Rome) pappa, (regional) pappone, protettore, ruffiano

Further reading

• macro³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Marco, croma, marco, marcò

Latin

Adjective

macrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of macer

References

• “macro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧cro

Noun

macro f or m (plural macros)

1. (computing) macro (abbreviation of complicated input)

Etymology 2

Noun

macro m (plural macros)

1. Alternative form of mácron

Romanian

Noun

macro n (plural macrouri)

1. Alternative form of macrou

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakɾo/ [ˈma.kɾo]
• Rhymes: -akɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧cro

Noun

macro m (plural macros)

1. (computing) macro

Further reading

• “macro”, 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