mega
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mega (not comparable)
- (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.
- 2004, Nigel Coates, Collidoscope: new interior design, page 26:
- (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.
- 1998, John Barwick, Targeting Text, page 25:
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
AdverbEdit
mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)
NounEdit
mega (plural megas)
Coordinate termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Alemannic GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
mega
- (colloquial) very
- S Auto isch uu mega schnäll verbiigraast.
- The car drove by very quickly.
Usage notesEdit
- Sometimes preceded by the intensifier uu. The other order *“mega uu” is not grammatical.
SynonymsEdit
BalineseEdit
RomanizationEdit
mega
- Romanization of ᬫᬾᬖ.
CatalanEdit
NounEdit
mega f (plural megues)
- Clipping of megabyte.
CzechEdit
NounEdit
mega n
SynonymsEdit
- See also milión
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
AdverbEdit
mega
EsperantoEdit
1,000,000a | ||
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Cardinal : meg Ordinal : mega | ||
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mega (accusative singular megan, plural megaj, accusative plural megajn)
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
mega
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of mega (muga) (irregular) | ||
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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 | – |
ReferencesEdit
- Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (“mega”)
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mega
- (computing, colloquial) Short for megatavu (“megabyte”).
- (computing, colloquial) Short for megabitti (“megabit”).
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of mega (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | megani | megamme |
2nd person | megasi | meganne |
3rd person | megansa |
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Conversion of mega-.
AdverbEdit
mega
- (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 notesEdit
Often written together with the next word, as if compounding a new word, or analyzed as prefix.
AdjectiveEdit
mega (strong nominative masculine singular megaer, not comparable)
- (slang, chiefly predicative) awesome, amazing
- Die Party gestern war mega. ― That party last night was awesome.
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
mega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative má, third-person singular past indicative mátti, supine mátt)
- (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
- (intransitive) must, to have to
- Synonym: verða
- to have the strength, to be able
- Synonym: megna
ConjugationEdit
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að mega | ||||
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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 termsEdit
- eins og nærri má geta
- má vera
- 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”)
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Malay mega, from Javanese mega, from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mega or mèga
Further readingEdit
- “mega” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
JavaneseEdit
NounEdit
mega
- Dated spelling of méga.
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /meɡə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /meɡa/
- Rhymes: -eɡə, -ɡə, -ə
NounEdit
mega (Jawi spelling ميݢ, plural mega-mega, informal 1st possessive megaku, 2nd possessive megamu, 3rd possessive meganya)
- cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
Further readingEdit
- “mega” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *meganą, *maganą.
VerbEdit
mega
- to be able to
- ek vætr hánum / vinna máttak.
- I was not at all able to struggle against him.
- must, may
- ok má at hans menn fari á land,
- and it may be that his men are coming ashore
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | mega | |
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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 |
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: mega
- Faroese: mega
- Norwegian Nynorsk: moga; (dialectal) mågå, måga, mòge
- Old Swedish: magha, mugha, mogha
- Swedish: må
- ⇒ Old Norse: mátti
- ⇒ Old Norse: má
ReferencesEdit
- “mega”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mega (not comparable, adverb mega)
- (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry
AdverbEdit
mega (not comparable)
- (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
Further readingEdit
- mega in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mega in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: me‧ga
AdverbEdit
mega
NounEdit
mega m (plural megas or mega)
- Clipping of megabyte.
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
mega f (plural megas)
- Clipping of megabyte.
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
mega f
Further readingEdit
- “mega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SundaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
mega