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See also: MEGA, Mega, méga, mêga, mëga, mêgâ, mega-, and méga-

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mega (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Very large.
    • 2004, Nigel Coates, Collidoscope: new interior design, page 26:
      Follow those in the know to the fifth floor of Sega's Joy Polis, a mega indoor amusement park that's part of the Odaiba Decks Tokyo Bay entertainment complex near Tange's Fuji Television building.
  2. (slang) Great; excellent.
    • 1998, John Barwick, Targeting Text, page 25:
      We had a mega time until Peter fell in the fish pond and cut his leg.
    • 2011, Anna Wilson, Pup Idol: Top of the Pups:
      It was totally mega. The audience clapped and cheered when Teasel had finally finished. So did I.
    • 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

Translations

Adverb

mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)

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

Noun

 mega (number) on Wikipedia

mega (plural megas)

  1. (birding, informal) A megararity (extremely rare bird for a certain region).
    • 2017 June, Australian Birdlife, Carlton, Victoria, page 76, column 2:
      And, speaking of relative banalities, the recurring Semipalmated Plover at the Broom Sewage Works may have inured us slightly to the status of the species as a rare vagrant, but it was an undeniable "mega" when one was discovered on Lord Howe Island on 23 March.
  2. (mathematics) The Steinhaus-Moser number

Coordinate terms

Steinhaus-Moser ②

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

mega

  1. (colloquial) very
    S Auto isch uu mega schnäll verbiigraast.
    The car drove by very quickly.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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

Esperanto ordinal numbers
1,000,000a
    Cardinal : meg
    Ordinal : mega

Etymology

From meg +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (neologism, rare) millionth
    Synonym: miliona

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

mega

  1. must, may

Conjugation

Conjugation of mega (muga) (irregular)
infinitive mega (muga)
supine
participle
present past
first singular mátti
second singular mást mátti
third singular mátti
plural mugu/mega máttu
imperative
singular
plural

References

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

mega (colloquial)

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

Declension

Inflection of mega (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mega megat
genitive megan megojen
partitive megaa megoja
illative megaan megoihin
singular plural
nominative mega megat
accusative nom. mega megat
gen. megan
genitive megan megojen
megainrare
partitive megaa megoja
inessive megassa megoissa
elative megasta megoista
illative megaan megoihin
adessive megalla megoilla
ablative megalta megoilta
allative megalle megoille
essive megana megoina
translative megaksi megoiksi
abessive megatta megoitta
instructive megoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mega (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative megani megani
accusative nom. megani megani
gen. megani
genitive megani megojeni
megainirare
partitive megaani megojani
inessive megassani megoissani
elative megastani megoistani
illative megaani megoihini
adessive megallani megoillani
ablative megaltani megoiltani
allative megalleni megoilleni
essive meganani megoinani
translative megakseni megoikseni
abessive megattani megoittani
instructive
comitative megoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative megasi megasi
accusative nom. megasi megasi
gen. megasi
genitive megasi megojesi
megaisirare
partitive megaasi megojasi
inessive megassasi megoissasi
elative megastasi megoistasi
illative megaasi megoihisi
adessive megallasi megoillasi
ablative megaltasi megoiltasi
allative megallesi megoillesi
essive meganasi megoinasi
translative megaksesi megoiksesi
abessive megattasi megoittasi
instructive
comitative megoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative megamme megamme
accusative nom. megamme megamme
gen. megamme
genitive megamme megojemme
megaimmerare
partitive megaamme megojamme
inessive megassamme megoissamme
elative megastamme megoistamme
illative megaamme megoihimme
adessive megallamme megoillamme
ablative megaltamme megoiltamme
allative megallemme megoillemme
essive meganamme megoinamme
translative megaksemme megoiksemme
abessive megattamme megoittamme
instructive
comitative megoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative meganne meganne
accusative nom. meganne meganne
gen. meganne
genitive meganne megojenne
megainnerare
partitive megaanne megojanne
inessive megassanne megoissanne
elative megastanne megoistanne
illative megaanne megoihinne
adessive megallanne megoillanne
ablative megaltanne megoiltanne
allative megallenne megoillenne
essive megananne megoinanne
translative megaksenne megoiksenne
abessive megattanne megoittanne
instructive
comitative megoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative megansa megansa
accusative nom. megansa megansa
gen. megansa
genitive megansa megojensa
megainsarare
partitive megaansa megojaan
megojansa
inessive megassaan
megassansa
megoissaan
megoissansa
elative megastaan
megastansa
megoistaan
megoistansa
illative megaansa megoihinsa
adessive megallaan
megallansa
megoillaan
megoillansa
ablative megaltaan
megaltansa
megoiltaan
megoiltansa
allative megalleen
megallensa
megoilleen
megoillensa
essive meganaan
meganansa
megoinaan
megoinansa
translative megakseen
megaksensa
megoikseen
megoiksensa
abessive megattaan
megattansa
megoittaan
megoittansa
instructive
comitative megoineen
megoinensa

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Conversion of 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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be allowed, to be permitted, to may
    Synonym: hafa leyfi til
    Þú mátt þetta ekki.You're not allowed to do that.
    Hvað 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 Javanese mega, from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, cloud).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mè‧ga

Noun

mega or mèga

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
    Synonym: awan

Further reading

Javanese

Noun

mega

  1. Dated spelling of méga.

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, cloud).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
    Synonym: awan / اون (more commonly used)

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meganą, *maganą.

Verb

mega

  1. to be able to
    ek vætr hánum / vinna máttak.
    I was not at all able to struggle against him.
  2. must, may
    ok at hans menn fari á land,
    and it may be that his men are coming ashore

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • mega”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mega.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mega (not comparable, derived adverb mega)

  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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: me‧ga

Adverb

mega

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

Noun

mega m (plural megas or mega)

  1. Clipping of megabyte.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɡa/
  • 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

Sundanese

Romanization

mega

  1. Romanization of ᮙᮦᮌ (cloud)