mega

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡə/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡə

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

• mega-

Translations

very large

• Finnish: mega- (fi), jättiläis- (fi)

• Greek: μέγας (el) (mégas)

great, excellent

• Finnish: mahtava (fi), erinomainen (fi)

• Greek: μέγας (el) (mégas)

Adverb

mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)

1. (informal) extremely

   mega-fun; mega rich

Noun

mega (plural megas)

1. (mathematics) The Steinhaus-Moser number ②

Coordinate terms

Steinhaus-Moser ②

• meganon
• megiston
• Steinhaus-Moser
• Steinhaus-Moser notation
• Steinhaus-Moser number

 

Anagrams

• game, mage

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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

• uu
• seer
• huere (vulgar)

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Catalan

Noun

mega f (plural megues)

1. Clipping of megabyte.

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Czech

Noun

mega n

1. (informal) million

Synonyms

• See also milión

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Danish

Etymology

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

Adverb

mega

1. (informal) very

   Synonyms: herre, super

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Esperanto

Esperanto ordinal numbers

	1,000,000a
Cardinal : meg     Ordinal : mega

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) millionth

   Synonym: miliona

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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

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

References

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

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡɑ/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ]
• Rhymes: -eɡɑ
• Syllabification: me‧ga

Noun

mega

1. (computing, colloquial) Short for megatavu (“megabyte”).
2. (computing, colloquial) Short for 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
instructive		—	megoin
abessive		megatta	megoitta
comitative		—	megoineen

Possessive forms of mega (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	megani	megamme
2nd person	megasi	meganne
3rd person	megansa

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German

Etymology

Conversion of mega-.

Adverb

mega

1. (colloquial, somewhat juvenile) very, bare, mad

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sehr

   Das ist megaeinfach. ― It’s bare easy.

   Er freute sich mega. ― He was gassed mad.

Usage notes

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

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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. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be allowed, to be permitted, to may

   Þú mátt þetta ekki. ― You're not allowed to do that.

   Hvað má bjóða ykkur að borða? ― What may offer you to eat?

   Synonym: hafa leyfi til

2. (intransitive) to must, to have to

   Synonym: verða

3. to have the strength, to be able

   Synonym: megna

Conjugation

mega — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að mega
supine (sagnbót)		mátt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		megandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég má	við megum	present (nútíð)	ég megi	við megum
	þú mátt	þið megið		þú megir	þið megið
	hann, hún, það má	þeir, þær, þau mega		hann, hún, það megi	þeir, þær, þau megi
past (þátíð)	ég mátti	við máttum	past (þátíð)	ég mætti	við mættum
	þú máttir	þið máttuð		þú mættir	þið mættuð
	hann, hún, það mátti	þeir, þær, þau máttu		hann, hún, það mætti	þeir, þær, þau mættu
imperative (boðháttur)	-	-
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	-	-
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

• eins og nærri má geta
• mega betur (“to have the upper hand”)
• mega ekki
• mega ekki hugsa til
• mega ekki vamm sitt vita (“to be concerned about one's reputation”)
• mega lengi lifa
• mega sín ekki við (“to not manage something”)
• mega sín mikils
• mega sín mikils (“have a lot of influence, to be powerful”)
• mega til (“to must, to have to”)
• mega vera að
• mega vera að (“to have the time to do”)
• má vera

 

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mega, from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɡa]
• Hyphenation: mè‧ga

Noun

mega or mèga

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

   Synonym: awan

Further reading

• “mega” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Noun

mega

1. Dated spelling of méga.

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /meɡə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /meɡa/
• Rhymes: -eɡə, -ɡə, -ə

Noun

mega (Jawi spelling ميݢ‎, plural mega-mega, informal 1st possessive megaku, impolite 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

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

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meganą, *maganą.

Verb

mega

1. must, may
2. to be able to

Conjugation

Conjugation of mega (preterite-present)

infinitive	mega
present participle	megandi
past participle	megat, mátt
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	má	mátta
2nd-person singular	mátt	máttir
3rd-person singular	má	mátti
1st-person plural	megum	máttum
2nd-person plural	meguð	máttuð
3rd-person plural	megu	máttu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	mega	mætta
2nd-person singular	megir	mættir
3rd-person singular	megi	mætti
1st-person plural	megim	mættim
2nd-person plural	megið	mættið
3rd-person plural	megi	mætti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	meg
1st-person plural	megum
2nd-person plural	meguð

Descendants

• Icelandic: mega
• Faroese: mega
• Old Swedish: magha, mugha
  • Swedish: må
• Danish: måtte
• Norwegian: måtte, må, umage
• Westrobothnian: mått, må, omaga

References

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

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Polish

Etymology

From English mega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡa/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

mega (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) awesome, great, cool

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

Adverb

mega (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) awesome, great, cool

Further reading

• mega in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡa/
• Hyphenation: me‧ga

Adverb

mega

1. (informal) very, super (intensifier)

   Synonyms: muito, super

Noun

mega m (plural megas or mega)

1. Clipping of megabyte.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡa/, [ˈme.ɣ̞a]

Etymology 1

Noun

mega f (plural megas)

1. Clipping of megabyte.

Etymology 2

Adjective

mega

1. feminine singular of mego

Further reading

• “mega” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Sundanese

Romanization

mega

1. Romanization of ᮙᮦᮌ (cloud)