mega-

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

mega-

1. Used with taxon names to form other taxon names, usually for a morphologically similar taxon differing only in size

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.

• enPR: mĕgʹə, IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡə/
• also IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪɡə/

mega-

1. (originally) Very large, great.
2. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10⁶.) SI Symbol: M.
3. (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2²⁰ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi.
4. (computing, marketing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹³ × 5³ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million).
5. (slang, augmentative) Really, very, uber-, super-.
   • 2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 93–94:

     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.

• Because the meaning "2²⁰" is in conflict with the meaning "one million" used with SI units, the alternative mebi- has been proposed and promulgated as an international standard, with Mi as its symbol.

• (very large): megalo-, (before a vowel) megal-
• (before a vowel) meg-
• (augmentative): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, arch-, over-, giga-, -zilla, grand

• micro-

• mega (adjective)
• much
• almagest

• game, mage

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

mega-

1. mega- (SI system)

• mega- in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• mega- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• mega- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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

mega-

1. mega- (SI system)
2. (informal) very
   • 2014, Thomas Halling, Mia & Marcus, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Mia var jo megasød.

     Mia was really sweet.

   • 2015, Kjell Eriksson, Natravnen, Klim, →ISBN:

     Netop derfor, sagde Wolf, – netop fordi det er så stort, så fandens megastort.

     Precisely for that reason, Wolf said, - precisely because it is so large, so damn huge.

• herre-
• super-

• “mega-” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.ɣaː/

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mega-

1. mega-

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡɑ-/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ-]

mega-

1. mega-
2. (informal) super-, extremely

• kilo-
• giga-

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

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mega-

1. mega-

• “mega-” in Duden online
• “mega-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: me‧ga

mega-

1. mega- (in the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10⁶.))

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

mega-

1. mega-

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

• IPA^(key): [mɛɡa]
• Hyphenation: mè‧ga

mega-

1. mega-

• “mega-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡa/
• Hyphenation: mè‧ga-

mega-

1. mega- (all senses)

• mega- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• gema

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

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1. mega-

• mega- at tezaurs.lv

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

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1. mega-

• “mega-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mega-” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas).

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1. mega-

• “mega-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡa/

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1. mega-

• mega- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mega- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

mega-

1. mega- (very large, great)
2. mega- (multiplication factor of one million)

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

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1. mega-

• mega in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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

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1. mega-

• mega- in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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

• IPA^(key): /méːɡa-/

mẹ̑ga-

1. mega-

• “mega-”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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

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1. mega-

• “mega-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

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1. mega-

• mega- in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• mage

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

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1. mega-

• megavat in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu