mega
English
Etymology
From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛɡə/, /ˈmeɪɡə/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡə, -eɪɡə
Adjective
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.
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- (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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Related terms
Translations
Coordinate terms
Steinhaus-Moser ②
- meganon
- megiston
- Steinhaus-Moser
- Steinhaus-Moser notation
- Steinhaus-Moser number
Alemannic German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɡ̊ɑ/, /meɡ̊ə/, /meːɡ̊ɑ/
Adverb
mega
- (colloquial) very
- S Auto isch uu mega schnäll verbiigraast.
- The car drove by very quickly.
Usage notes
- Sometimes preceded by the intensifier uu. The other order *“mega uu” is not grammatical.
Balinese
Czech
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Esperanto
| 1,000,000a | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : meg Ordinal : mega | ||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmeɡa]
- Rhymes: -eɡa
- Hyphenation: me‧ga
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːa/
- Rhymes: -eːa
- IPA(key): /ˈmiːja/
- Rhymes: -iːja
Conjugation
| 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
- Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (“mega”)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeɡɑ/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -eɡɑ
- Syllabification(key): me‧ga
Noun
mega
Declension
| 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 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 | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Conversion of mega-.
Adverb
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
Often written together with the next word, as if compounding a new word, or analyzed as prefix.
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeiːɣa/
- Rhymes: -eiːɣa
Verb
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
Conjugation
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 | |||||
| - | - | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
Derived terms
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛɡa]
- Hyphenation: mè‧ga
Further reading
- “mega” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /meɡə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /meɡa/
- Rhymes: -eɡə, -ɡə, -ə
Noun
mega (Jawi spelling ميݢ, plural mega-mega, informal 1st possessive megaku, 2nd possessive megamu, 3rd possessive meganya)
Further reading
- “mega” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *meganą, *maganą.
Verb
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
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
References
- “mega”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡa
- Syllabification: me‧ga
Adjective
mega (not comparable, adverb mega)
- (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeɡa/ [ˈme.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -eɡa
- Syllabification: me‧ga
Further reading
- “mega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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