megahertz

See also: mégahertz and mega-hertz

English

Alternative forms

• MHz (abbreviation)

Etymology

From mega- +‎ hertz.

Noun

megahertz (plural megahertz or megahertzes)

1. A unit equal to one million cycles per second.

Translations

one million cycles per second

• Arabic: مِيغَاهِرْتِز m (miḡahirtiz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兆赫 (zh) (zhàohè), 兆赫茲／兆赫兹 (zh) (zhàohèzī)

• Czech: megahertz m
• Finnish: megahertsi (fi)
• Greek: μεγαχέρτζ n (megachértz)
• Italian: megahertz (it) m
• Japanese: メガヘルツ (ja) (megaherutsu)
• Korean: 메가헤르츠 (megahereucheu)
• Portuguese: megahertz m
• Romanian: megahertz (ro) m
• Russian: мегаге́рц (ru) m (megagérc)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мегахерц m

  Roman: megaherc m

• Swedish: megahertz (sv) c
• Vietnamese: mêga Hertz

Czech

Etymology

From mega- +‎ hertz.

Noun

megahertz m inan

1. megahertz

Declension

Declension of megahertz (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	megahertz	megahertzy
genitive	megahertzu	megahertzů
dative	megahertzu	megahertzům
accusative	megahertz	megahertzy
vocative	megahertze	megahertzy
locative	megahertzu	megahertzech, megahertzích
instrumental	megahertzem	megahertzy

Further reading

• “megahertz”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “megahertz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

From mega- +‎ hertz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛrt͡s/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛrts
• Hyphenation: me‧ga‧hertz

Noun

megahertz m (invariable)

1. megahertz

   Synonym: megaciclo

Further reading

• megahertz in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• megahertz in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• megahertz in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• megahertz in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• megahertz in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• megahèrtz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛʁ.t͡ʃis/ [ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛh.t͡ʃis], /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛʁt͡ʃs/ [ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛht͡ʃs]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛʁ.t͡ʃis/ [ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛh.t͡ʃis], /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛʁt͡ʃs/ [ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛht͡ʃs]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛɾ.t͡ʃis/, /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛɾt͡ʃs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛʁ.t͡ʃiʃ/ [ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛχ.t͡ʃiʃ], /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛʁt͡ʃʃ/ [ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛχt͡ʃʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛɻt͡ʃs/, /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛɻ.t͡ʃis/

• Hyphenation: me‧ga‧hertz

Noun

megahertz m (invariable)

1. megahertz (frequency unit of one million cycles per second)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Megahertz or French mégahertz.

Noun

megahertz m (plural megahertzi)

1. megahertz

Declension

Declension of megahertz

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) megahertz	megahertzul	(niște) megahertzi	megahertzii
genitive/dative	(unui) megahertz	megahertzului	(unor) megahertzi	megahertzilor
vocative	megahertzule		megahertzilor