mega
English edit
Etymology edit
From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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.
- (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 edit
Translations edit
Adverb edit
mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)
Noun edit
mega (plural megas)
- (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.
- (mathematics) The Steinhaus-Moser number ②
Coordinate terms edit
Anagrams edit
Alemannic German edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
mega
- (colloquial) very
- S Auto isch uu mega schnäll verbiigraast.
- The car drove by very quickly.
Usage notes edit
- Sometimes preceded by the intensifier uu. The other order *“mega uu” is not grammatical.
Synonyms edit
Balinese edit
Romanization edit
mega
- Romanization of ᬫᬾᬖ.
Catalan edit
Noun edit
mega f (plural megues)
- Clipping of megabyte.
Czech edit
Noun edit
mega n
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Adverb edit
mega
Esperanto edit
1,000,000a | ||
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Cardinal : meg Ordinal : mega | ||
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mega (accusative singular megan, plural megaj, accusative plural megajn)
- (neologism, rare, ordinal number) millionth
- Synonym: miliona
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mega
Conjugation edit
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 | – |
References edit
- Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (“mega”)
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mega (colloquial)
Declension edit
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 | ||
abessive | megatta | megoitta | ||
instructive | — | megoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Conversion of mega-.
Adverb edit
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 notes edit
Often written together with the next word, as if compounding a new word, or analyzed as prefix.
Adjective edit
mega (strong nominative masculine singular megaer, not comparable)
- (slang, chiefly predicative) awesome, amazing
- Die Party gestern war mega. ― That party last night was awesome.
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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
- 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?
- (intransitive) must, to have to
- Synonym: verða
- to have the strength, to be able
- Synonym: megna
Conjugation edit
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 terms edit
- 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”)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay mega, from Javanese mega, from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mega or mèga
Further reading edit
- “mega” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Noun edit
mega
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /meɡə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /meɡa/
- Rhymes: -eɡə, -ɡə, -ə
Noun edit
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 reading edit
- “mega” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *meganą, *maganą.
Verb edit
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
Conjugation edit
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 |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: mega
- Faroese: mega
- Norwegian Nynorsk: moga; (dialectal) mågå, måga, mòge
- Old Swedish: magha, mugha, mogha
- Swedish: må
- ⇒ Old Norse: mátti
- ⇒ Old Norse: má
References edit
- “mega”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mega (not comparable, derived adverb mega)
- (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry
Adverb edit
mega (not comparable)
- (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
Further reading edit
- mega in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: me‧ga
Adverb edit
mega
Noun edit
mega m (plural megas or mega)
- Clipping of megabyte.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
mega f (plural megas)
- Clipping of megabyte.
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
mega f
Further reading edit
- “mega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
mega