mega

From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡə/, /ˈmeɪɡə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡə, -eɪɡə

mega (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. (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.

• mega-

mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)

1. (informal) extremely

   mega-fun; mega rich

mega (plural megas)

1. (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.

2. (mathematics) The Steinhaus-Moser number ②

• game, mage

• IPA^(key): /meɡ̊ɑ/, /meɡ̊ə/, /meːɡ̊ɑ/

mega

1. (colloquial) very

   S Auto isch uu mega schnäll verbiigraast.

   The car drove by very quickly.

• Sometimes preceded by the intensifier uu. The other order *“mega uu” is not grammatical.

• uu
• seer
• huere (vulgar)

mega

1. alternative spelling of méga

mega f (plural megues)

1. clipping of megabyte

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɡa]

mega n

1. (informal) million

   Synonym: milión

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

mega

1. (informal) very

   Synonyms: herre, super

Back-formation from of words with the prefix mega-.

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mega (not comparable)

1. mega (huge)

   Antonym: mini

Declension of mega
uninflected	mega
inflected	mega
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		mega
indefinite	m./f. sing.	mega
	n. sing.	mega
	plural	mega
definite		mega
partitive		mega's

Esperanto ordinal numbers

	1,000,000a
Cardinal : meg     Ordinal : mega

From meg +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡa/
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Hyphenation: me‧ga

mega (accusative singular megan, plural megaj, accusative plural megajn)

1. (neologism, rare, ordinal number) millionth

   Synonym: miliona

From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːa/

  Rhymes: -eːa

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːja/

  Rhymes: -iːja

mega

1. must, may

• Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen et al. (1998) “mega”, in Føroysk orðabók [Faroese Dictionary] (in Faroese), Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡɑ/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eɡɑ
• Syllabification^(key): me‧ga
• Hyphenation^(key): me‧ga

mega (colloquial)

1. (computing) ellipsis of megatavu (“megabyte”)
2. (computing) ellipsis of megabitti (“megabit”)

• mega-

From the prefix mega-.

mega

1. (colloquial, somewhat childish) very, super

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sehr

   Das ist megaeinfach. ― It’s super easy.

   Er freute sich mega. ― He was super happy.

Often written together with the next word, as if compounding a new word, or analyzed as prefix.

mega (strong nominative masculine singular megaer, not comparable)

1. (slang, chiefly predicative) awesome, amazing

   Die Party gestern war mega. ― That party last night was awesome.

From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeiːɣa/
• Rhymes: -eiːɣa

mega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative má, third-person singular past indicative mátti, supine mátt)

1. to be allowed, to be permitted, 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?

2. (intransitive) must, to have to

   Synonym: verða

3. to have the strength, to be able

   Synonym: megna

From Malay mega, from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡa/ [ˈme.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: me‧ga

mega (plural mega-mega)

1. (poetic, rare) synonym of awan (“cloud”)

• “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.

mega

1. dated spelling of méga, romanization of ꦩꦺꦒ

From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡa/ [ˈme.ɡa]
• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡə/ [ˈme.ɡə]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Hyphenation: me‧ga

mega (Jawi spelling ميݢ, plural mega-mega)

1. synonym of awan (“cloud”)

• > Indonesian: mega (inherited)

• “mega” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Germanic *meganą, *maganą.

mega

1. to be able to

   ek vætr hánum / vinna máttak.

   I was not at all able to struggle against him.

2. must, may

   ok má at hans menn fari á land,

   and it may be that his men are coming ashore

• Icelandic: mega
• Faroese: mega
• Norwegian Nynorsk: moga; (dialectal) mågå, måga, mòge
• Old Danish: mughu, mughe
• Old Swedish: magha, mugha, mogha
  • Swedish: må
• ⇒ Old Norse: mátti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: måtta (infinitive), måtte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: måtte (also infinitive)
  • Old Swedish: mātte, māte
    • Swedish: måtte
  • Danish: måtte (also infinitive)
• ⇒ Old Norse: má
  • Icelandic: má
  • Faroese: má
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: må
  • Norwegian Bokmål: må
  • Old Swedish: mā
    • Swedish: må
  • Danish: må

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mega”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Borrowed from English mega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Syllabification: me‧ga
• Homophone: mega-

mega (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

1. (colloquial) awesome, great, cool

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

mega (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) awesome, great, cool

• mega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: me‧ga

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

mega

1. (informal) very, super (intensifier)

   Synonyms: muito, super

mega m (plural megas or mega)

1. clipping of megabyte

mega m (plural megas)

1. (colloquial) clipping of mega hair

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡa/ [ˈme.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: me‧ga

mega f (plural megas)

1. clipping of megabyte

mega f

1. feminine singular of mego

• “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], 10 December 2024

mega

1. alternative spelling of méga