mega

mega

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English

Etymology

From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛɡə/, /ˈmeɪɡə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡə, -eɪɡə

Adjective

mega (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Very large.
  2. (slang) Great; excellent.
    • July 15, 2011, Liam Gallagher, quoted at the launch of the new Manchester City F.C. kit
      I've been a City fan since I was a kid, so to be involved with the launch of a new kit is colossal. Manchester City fans are known for having a lot of style and the new shirt looks mega.

Related terms

  • mega-

Translations

Adverb

mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)

  1. (informal) extremely
    mega-fun; mega rich

Noun

mega (plural megas)

  1. (birding, informal) A megararity (extremely rare bird for a certain region).
  2. (mathematics) The Steinhaus-Moser number ②

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

  • game, mage

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meɡ̊ɑ/, /meɡ̊ə/, /meːɡ̊ɑ/

Adverb

mega

  1. (colloquial) very

Usage notes

  • Sometimes preceded by the intensifier uu. The other order *“mega uu” is not grammatical.

Synonyms

  • uu
  • seer
  • huere (vulgar)

Balinese

Romanization

mega

  1. Romanization of ᬫᬾᬖ.

Catalan

Noun

mega f (plural megues)

  1. Clipping of megabyte.

Czech

Noun

mega n

  1. (informal) million
    Synonym: milión

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

Adverb

mega

  1. (informal) very
    Synonyms: herre, super

Esperanto

Etymology

From meg +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmeɡa]
  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Hyphenation: me‧ga

Adjective

mega (accusative singular megan, plural megaj, accusative plural megajn)

  1. (neologism, rare, ordinal number) millionth
    Synonym: miliona

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːa/
    Rhymes: -eːa
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːja/
    Rhymes: -iːja

Verb

mega

  1. must, may

Conjugation

References

  • Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen et al. (1998) “mega”, in Føroysk orðabók [Faroese Dictionary] (in Faroese), Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɡɑ/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -eɡɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): me‧ga

Noun

mega (colloquial)

  1. (computing) Ellipsis of megatavu (“megabyte”).
  2. (computing) Ellipsis of megabitti (“megabit”).

Declension

German

Alternative forms

  • mega-

Etymology

From the prefix mega-.

Adverb

mega

  1. (colloquial, somewhat childish) very, super
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sehr
    Das ist megaeinfach. ― It’s super easy.
    Er freute sich mega. ― He was super happy.

Usage notes

Often written together with the next word, as if compounding a new word, or analyzed as prefix.

Adjective

mega (strong nominative masculine singular megaer, not comparable)

  1. (slang, chiefly predicative) awesome, amazing
    Die Party gestern war mega. ― That party last night was awesome.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeiːɣa/
  • Rhymes: -eiːɣa

Verb

mega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative má, third-person singular past indicative mátti, supine mátt)

  1. to be allowed, to be permitted, to may [intransitive or with accusative]
    Synonym: hafa leyfi til
    Þú mátt þetta ekki. ― You're not allowed to do that.
    Hvað má bjóða ykkur að borða? ― What may offer you to eat?
  2. (intransitive) must, to have to
    Synonym: verða
  3. to have the strength, to be able
    Synonym: megna

Conjugation

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mega, from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmeɡa/ [ˈme.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Syllabification: me‧ga

Noun

mega (plural mega-mega)

  1. (dialectal, rare) Synonym of awan (“cloud”)

Further reading

  • “mega” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

mega

  1. Dated spelling of méga. Romanization of ꦩꦺꦒ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meɡa/
  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): [meɡə]
  • Rhymes: -eɡa

Noun

mega (Jawi spelling ميݢ, plural mega-mega, informal 1st possessive megaku, 2nd possessive megamu, 3rd possessive meganya)

  1. Synonym of awan (“cloud”)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: mega

Further reading

  • “mega” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meganą, *maganą.

Verb

mega

  1. to be able to
  2. must, may

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mega
  • Faroese: mega
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: moga; (dialectal) mågå, måga, mòge
  • Old Danish: mughu, mughe
  • Old Swedish: magha, mugha, mogha
    • Swedish: må
  • ⇒ Old Norse: mátti
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: måtta (infinitive), måtte
    • Norwegian Bokmål: måtte (also infinitive)
    • Old Swedish: mātte, māte
      • Swedish: måtte
    • Danish: måtte (also infinitive)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: má
    • Icelandic: má
    • Faroese: má
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: må
    • Norwegian Bokmål: må
    • Old Swedish: mā
      • Swedish: må
    • Danish: må

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mega”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mega.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: me‧ga
  • Homophone: mega-

Adjective

mega (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

  1. (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

Adverb

mega (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) awesome, great, cool

Further reading

  • mega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: me‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

Adverb

mega

  1. (informal) very, super (intensifier)
    Synonyms: muito, super

Etymology 2

Noun

mega m (plural megas or mega)

  1. Clipping of megabyte.

Etymology 3

Noun

mega m (plural megas)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of mega hair.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɡa/ [ˈme.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Syllabification: me‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

mega f (plural megas)

  1. Clipping of megabyte.

Etymology 2

Adjective

mega f

  1. feminine singular of mego

Further reading

  • “mega”, 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

Sundanese

Noun

mega

  1. Alternative spelling of méga

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