giga- en · X
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɪɡ.ə/ (US)
- /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə/ (US)
- /ˈɡaɪ.ɡə/ (UK)
- /ˈɡɪɡ.ə/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas) Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)der. English giga- From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”); cognate to giant.
Meanings
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(morpheme) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁹ (short scale billion or long scale milliard).
giga- + watt → gigawatt ("one billion watts")
- (morpheme, proscribed, sometimes) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824.
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(morpheme, slang) Augmenting an adjective; intensely, extremely, or to an exceptionally high degree.
Wow, I am giga-jealous right now.
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(Internet, morpheme) Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something.
giga- + Chad → gigachad
giga- + Stacy → gigastacy
Antonyms
nano- · nano- · micro- · mini-
Deriveds
gigabyte · gigaflop · gigahertz · gigajoule · gigawatt · gibi-
Relateds
mul:G- · billion · previous: mega- (ISO prefixes) · next: tera-
Synonyms
ultra- · mega- · gibi- · hyper- · mul:Gi- · supra- · uber- · super-
Translations (29)
be гіга- (SI prefix) · es giga- (SI prefix) · cs giga- (SI prefix) · yue 激- (SI prefix) · io giga- (SI prefix) · vi gi-ga (SI prefix) · ru гига- (SI prefix) · fi giga- (SI prefix) · el γίγα- (SI prefix) · pl giga- (SI prefix) · id giga- (SI prefix) · ka გიგა- (SI prefix) · de giga- (SI prefix) · gl xiga- (SI prefix) · cmn 吉- (SI prefix) · nl giga- (SI prefix) · bg гига- (SI prefix) · ja ギガ (SI prefix) · th กิกะ- (SI prefix) · et giga- (SI prefix) · yue 吉- (SI prefix) · ms giga- (SI prefix) · ko 기가- (SI prefix) · ca giga- (SI prefix) · fr giga- (SI prefix) · pt giga- (SI prefix) · hu giga- (SI prefix) · cmn 吉咖- (SI prefix) · th จิกะ- (SI prefix)