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mecha

See also: mechá

English edit

 
A spray painted image depicting a mecha on a space background.

Etymology edit

From Japanese メカ (meka), from an abbreviation of the English mechanical.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mecha (plural mechas or mecha)

  1. (anime, manga) A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.
    • 1997, Helen McCarthy, The anime movie guide:
      Having deprived her of both her mecha and her lover, Masato looks set for a nasty end, but Miku arrives to save him.
    • 2002, Christopher Hart, Anime mania: how to draw characters for Japanese animation:
      A transformation occurs when a mecha character, vehicle, or weapon unfolds and reassembles itself in a totally new form.
    • 2006, Dani Cavallaro, The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki:
      Porco Rosso evinces a deep fascination with mechanical objects of all sorts but it is by no means a mecha movie...
    • 2007, Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire:
      Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.
    • 2007, Robin E. Brenner, Understanding manga and anime, page 170:
      […] to be a “lifter”—to pilot a mecha that can also transform into an air board […]
    • 2011, Kensuke Okabayashi, Manga For Dummies, page 275:
      In this section, I show you mechas that are large enough to be piloted by humans from the inside. Although most of them are designed for combat, some function as transportation or construction mechas.

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Galician edit

 
Mecha ("wick")

Etymology edit

15th century. From Old French mesche.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mecha f (plural mechas)

  1. wick (burning cord)
    Synonyms: matula, pabío, torcida
    • 1455, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, page 315:
      et fogil et ysca et candea de çera et hun pente e mechas de xofre e hun cordón de sedas
      and a tinderbox, and tinder, and a candle made of wax, and a comb, and sulfur wicks, and a silk cord
  2. lock of hair

References edit

  • “mecha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “mecha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “mecha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “mecha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “mecha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Romanization edit

mecha

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めちゃ

Lower Sorbian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛxa/, [ˈmæxa]

Noun edit

mecha

  1. inflection of mech:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Mayo edit

Noun edit

mecha

  1. Obsolete spelling of meecha

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French mèche.

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Noun edit

mecha f (plural mechas)

  1. lock (length of hair)
    Synonyms: cacho, madeixa
  2. wick (burning cord of a candle)
    Synonym: pavio

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmet͡ʃa/ [ˈme.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -etʃa
  • Syllabification: me‧cha

Etymology 1 edit

Perhaps borrowed from French mèche.

Noun edit

mecha f (plural mechas)

  1. wick, fuse
  2. lock (length of hair)
    Synonym: bucle
  3. (in the plural, hair) highlights
    Synonym: rizo
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

mecha

  1. inflection of mechar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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