mega
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Etymology
From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Pronunciation
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.
- (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
Translations
Adverb
mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)
Noun
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
Steinhaus-Moser ②
- meganon
- megiston
- Steinhaus-Moser
- Steinhaus-Moser notation
- Steinhaus-Moser number
Anagrams
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Pronunciation
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.
Synonyms
Romanization
mega
- Romanization of ᬫᬾᬖ.
Noun
mega f (plural megues)
- Clipping of megabyte.
Noun
mega n
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Adverb
mega
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
mega (accusative singular megan, plural megaj, accusative plural megajn)
- (neologism, rare, ordinal number) millionth
- Synonym: miliona
Etymology
From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
mega
Conjugation
References
- Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (“mega”)
Pronunciation
Noun
mega (colloquial)
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 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. | ||
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From the prefix 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.
Adjective
mega (strong nominative masculine singular megaer, not comparable)
- (slang, chiefly predicative) awesome, amazing
- Die Party gestern war mega. ― That party last night was awesome.
Etymology
From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
mega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative má, third-person singular past indicative mátti, supine mátt)
- to be allowed, to be permitted, to may [intransitive or with accusative]
- 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
| 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. | |||||
mega — active voice (germynd)
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”)
Etymology
From Malay mega, from Javanese mega, from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mega or mèga
Further reading
- “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.
Romanization
mega
Etymology
Pronunciation
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.
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
| 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 | |
Conjugation of mega (preterite-present)
Descendants
References
- “mega”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
mega (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
- (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry
Adverb
mega (not comparable)
- (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
Further reading
- mega in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: me‧ga
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Adverb
mega
Etymology 2
Noun
mega m (plural megas or mega)
- Clipping of megabyte.
Etymology 3
Noun
mega m (plural megas)
- (colloquial) Clipping of mega hair.
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
mega f (plural megas)
- Clipping of megabyte.
Etymology 2
Adjective
mega f
Further reading
- “mega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Romanization
mega
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