mega-
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
- Used with taxon names to form other taxon names, usually for a morphologically similar taxon differing only in size
Derived terms
[edit]English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with Latin magnus, Sanskrit मह (maha, “great, massive, large-scale, epic”), and with Germanic words: Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils), Old English micel, Middle English muchel, English much, Old High German mihhil, Old Norse mikill, Danish meget.
Pronunciation
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mega-
- (originally) Very large, great.
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106.) SI Symbol: M.
- (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 220 (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi.
- (computing, marketing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 210 × 103 (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million).
- (slang, augmentative) Really, very, uber-, super-.
- 2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
- What?! I'm not sure if I scream that out loud or if my inner voice bounces off the insides of my skull. Why is Archie once again meandering over to Team Nadine? Sounds like I'm not the only one who's mega-confused.
Usage notes
[edit]- Because the meaning "220" is in conflict with the meaning "one million" used with SI units, the alternative mebi- has been proposed and promulgated as an international standard, with Mi as its symbol.
Synonyms
[edit]- (very large): megalo-, (before a vowel) megal-
- (before a vowel) meg-
- (augmentative): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, arch-, over-, giga-, -zilla, grand
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- mega
- megabar
- megabase
- megabit
- megabucks
- megabyte
- megacephalic, megacephalous, megacephaly
- Megacheiroptera
- megacity
- megacurie
- megacycle
- megadeath
- megadonor
- megadose
- megadyne
- megafarad
- megafauna
- megaflop
- megaflora
- megagamete
- megagauss
- megagram, megagramme
- megaherbivore
- megahertz
- megajoule
- megalith, megalithic
- megalitre, megaliter
- megalomania, megalomaniac
- megalomanic
- megametre, megameter
- megamind
- meganewton
- megapack
- megaparsec
- megaphone
- megapixel
- megapode
- megapolis
- megarad
- megascope
- megasporangium
- megaspore, megasporic
- megasporophyll
- megastar
- megastore
- megastorm
- megastructure
- megatechnology
- megathere, megatherian, Megatherium
- megaton
- megavertebrate
- megavitamin
- megavolt
- megawatt
- mega-wide
- mega world
- megohm
Related terms
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Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
- mega- (SI system)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mega-”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “mega-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- mega- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
- mega- (SI system)
- (informal) very
- 2014, Thomas Halling, Mia & Marcus, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- Mia var jo megasød.
- Mia was really sweet.
- 2015, Kjell Eriksson, Natravnen, Klim, →ISBN:
- Netop derfor, sagde Wolf, – netop fordi det er så stort, så fandens megastort.
- Precisely for that reason, Wolf said, - precisely because it is so large, so damn huge.
Synonyms
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[edit]- “mega-” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mega-
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mega-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
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[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mega-
- mega- (in the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106.))
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mèga-
Derived terms
[edit]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 of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]mega-
- mega- (all senses)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mega- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
[edit]Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mega- at tezaurs.lv
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
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[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “mega-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mega- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Noun
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mega in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mega-”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mẹ̑ga-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mega-”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mega-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]mega-
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[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Prefix
[edit]mega-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “megavat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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