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

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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.
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Translations

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Adverb

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mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)

  1. (informal) extremely
    mega-fun; mega rich

Noun

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 mega (number) on Wikipedia

mega (plural megas)

  1. (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.
  2. (mathematics) The Steinhaus-Moser number ②

Coordinate terms

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Steinhaus-Moser ②

Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meɡ̊ɑ/, /meɡ̊ə/, /meːɡ̊ɑ/

Adverb

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mega

  1. (colloquial) very
    S Auto isch uu mega schnäll verbiigraast.
    The car drove by very quickly.

Usage notes

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  • Sometimes preceded by the intensifier uu. The other order *“mega uu” is not grammatical.

Synonyms

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Balinese

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Romanization

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mega

  1. Romanization of ᬫᬾᬖ.

Catalan

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Noun

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mega f (plural megues)

  1. Clipping of megabyte.

Czech

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Noun

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mega n

  1. (informal) million
    Synonym: milión

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Danish

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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mega

  1. (informal) very
    Synonyms: herre, super

Esperanto

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Esperanto ordinal numbers
1,000,000a
    Cardinal : meg
    Ordinal : mega

Etymology

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From meg +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mega (accusative singular megan, plural megaj, accusative plural megajn)

  1. (neologism, rare, ordinal number) millionth
    Synonym: miliona

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mega

  1. must, may

Conjugation

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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

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɡɑ/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -eɡɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): me‧ga

Noun

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mega (colloquial)

  1. (computing) Ellipsis of megatavu (“megabyte”).
  2. (computing) Ellipsis of megabitti (“megabit”).

Declension

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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
megain rare
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.
Possessive forms of mega (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative megani megani
accusative nom. megani megani
gen. megani
genitive megani megojeni
megaini rare
partitive megaani megojani
inessive megassani megoissani
elative megastani megoistani
illative megaani megoihini
adessive megallani megoillani
ablative megaltani megoiltani
allative megalleni megoilleni
essive meganani megoinani
translative megakseni megoikseni
abessive megattani megoittani
instructive — —
comitative — megoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative megasi megasi
accusative nom. megasi megasi
gen. megasi
genitive megasi megojesi
megaisi rare
partitive megaasi megojasi
inessive megassasi megoissasi
elative megastasi megoistasi
illative megaasi megoihisi
adessive megallasi megoillasi
ablative megaltasi megoiltasi
allative megallesi megoillesi
essive meganasi megoinasi
translative megaksesi megoiksesi
abessive megattasi megoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — megoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative megamme megamme
accusative nom. megamme megamme
gen. megamme
genitive megamme megojemme
megaimme rare
partitive megaamme megojamme
inessive megassamme megoissamme
elative megastamme megoistamme
illative megaamme megoihimme
adessive megallamme megoillamme
ablative megaltamme megoiltamme
allative megallemme megoillemme
essive meganamme megoinamme
translative megaksemme megoiksemme
abessive megattamme megoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — megoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative meganne meganne
accusative nom. meganne meganne
gen. meganne
genitive meganne megojenne
megainne rare
partitive megaanne megojanne
inessive megassanne megoissanne
elative megastanne megoistanne
illative megaanne megoihinne
adessive megallanne megoillanne
ablative megaltanne megoiltanne
allative megallenne megoillenne
essive megananne megoinanne
translative megaksenne megoiksenne
abessive megattanne megoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — megoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative megansa megansa
accusative nom. megansa megansa
gen. megansa
genitive megansa megojensa
megainsa rare
partitive megaansa megojaan
megojansa
inessive megassaan
megassansa 		megoissaan
megoissansa
elative megastaan
megastansa 		megoistaan
megoistansa
illative megaansa megoihinsa
adessive megallaan
megallansa 		megoillaan
megoillansa
ablative megaltaan
megaltansa 		megoiltaan
megoiltansa
allative megalleen
megallensa 		megoilleen
megoillensa
essive meganaan
meganansa 		megoinaan
megoinansa
translative megakseen
megaksensa 		megoikseen
megoiksensa
abessive megattaan
megattansa 		megoittaan
megoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — megoineen
megoinensa

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the prefix mega-.

Adverb

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mega

  1. (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

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

Adjective

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mega (strong nominative masculine singular megaer, not comparable)

  1. (slang, chiefly predicative) awesome, amazing
    Die Party gestern war mega. ― That party last night was awesome.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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
    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?
  2. (intransitive) must, to have to
    Synonym: verða
  3. to have the strength, to be able
    Synonym: megna

Conjugation

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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
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* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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mega or mèga

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

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Javanese

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Noun

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mega

  1. Dated spelling of méga.

Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mega (Jawi spelling ميݢ, plural mega-mega, informal 1st possessive megaku, 2nd possessive megamu, 3rd possessive meganya)

  1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
    Synonym: awan / اون (more commonly used)

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *meganą, *maganą.

Verb

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mega

  1. to be able to
    ek vætr hánum / vinna máttak.
    I was not at all able to struggle against him.
  2. must, may
    ok má at hans menn fari á land,
    and it may be that his men are coming ashore

Conjugation

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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

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References

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

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English mega.

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Adjective

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mega (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

  1. (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

Adverb

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mega (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) awesome, great, cool

Further reading

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  • mega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: me‧ga

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

Adverb

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mega

  1. (informal) very, super (intensifier)
    Synonyms: muito, super

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mega m (plural megas or mega)

  1. Clipping of megabyte.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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mega m (plural megas)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of mega hair.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɡa/ [ˈme.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Syllabification: me‧ga

Etymology 1

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Noun

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mega f (plural megas)

  1. Clipping of megabyte.

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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mega f

  1. feminine singular of mego

Further reading

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Sundanese

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Romanization

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mega

  1. Romanization of ᮙᮦᮌ (cloud)
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