mega- en · X
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛɡə/
- /ˈmeɪɡə/
- (Southern-England) audio
- mĕgʹə
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- 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.
Meanings
- (morpheme, qualifier:originally) Very large, great.
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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 one million (10⁶).
Near-synonyms: million, M
- (morpheme) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2²⁰ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi.
- (morpheme) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ × 10³ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million).
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(augmentative, morpheme, slang) Really, very, uber-, super-.
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.
2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
Antonyms
Deriveds
megalomaniac · megagamete · Megatherium · megastar · megalomania · megalith · megagram · megapolis · megadeath · mega-wide · megatherian · megacephaly · megalitre · megaliter · megabar · megalomanic · megamind · megawatt · megaton · megaspore · megapixel · megapack · megastorm · megasporophyll · megavertebrate · megacephalic · megatechnology · megadose · megabit · megajoule · megapode · megaflora · megasporangium · megarad · megavolt · Megacheiroptera · megacity · megaflop · megabyte · megavitamin · mega world · megaphone · megathere · megascope · megastore · megametre · megafauna · megadonor · megacephalous · megasporic · megacurie · megafarad · megadyne · megahertz · megacorporation · meganewton · megagramme · mega · megalithic · megohm · megagauss · megastructure · megabucks · megabase · megaherbivore · megaparsec · megacycle · megameter · megadeal
Relateds
almagest · much · mega · mul:M-
Synonyms
over- · giga- · super- · arch- · ultra- · supra- · -zilla · million · mul:M · grand · uber- · megalo- (very large) · hyper- · meg- · megal- (very large)
Translations (60)
nl mega- (very large, great) · fi jätti- (very large, great) · nn mega- (very large, great) · ro mega- (multiplication factor one million) · id maha- (very large, great) · cs mega- (multiplication factor one million) · ru ме́га- (very large, great) · fr méga- (multiplication factor one million) · tr mega- (multiplication factor one million) · gl mega- (very large, great) · cmn 百萬- /百万- (multiplication factor one million) · et mega- (very large, great) · pt mega- (very large, great) · io mega- (multiplication factor one million) · pl mega- (very large, great) · ka მეგა- (very large, great) · ja メガ (multiplication factor one million) · ca mega- (multiplication factor one million) · hu mega- (multiplication factor one million) · he מֶגָ־ (multiplication factor one million) · it mega- (multiplication factor one million) · sk mega- (multiplication factor one million) · nb mega- (very large, great) · bg мега- (multiplication factor one million) · he מֶגָ־ (very large, great) · pl mega- (multiplication factor one million) · he מֶגָה (multiplication factor one million) · ms mega- (multiplication factor one million) · ru ме́га- (multiplication factor one million) · sl mega- (multiplication factor one million) · it mega- (very large, great) · nl mega- (multiplication factor one million) · el μεγα- (multiplication factor one million) · yue 兆- (multiplication factor one million) · th เมกะ- (multiplication factor one million) · ca mega- (very large, great) · de mega- (multiplication factor one million) · el μεγα- (very large, great) · ko 메가- (multiplication factor one million) · ja 巨大 (very large, great) · ja 超 (very large, great) · ka მეგა- (multiplication factor one million) · es mega- (very large, great) · fi mega- (very large, great) · fr méga- (very large, great) · cmn 兆- (multiplication factor one million) · pt mega- (multiplication factor one million) · fi mega- (multiplication factor one million) · be мега- (multiplication factor one million) · id mega- (multiplication factor one million) · et mega- (multiplication factor one million) · lv mega- (multiplication factor one million) · da mega- (multiplication factor one million) · vi mê-ga (multiplication factor one million) · be мега- (very large, great) · gl mega- (multiplication factor one million) · bg мега- (very large, great) · sv mega- (multiplication factor one million) · he מֶגָה (very large, great) · es mega- (multiplication factor one million)