# mecha
## English
### Etymology

From Japanese メカ (meka), from an abbreviation of the English mechanical.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛkə
* Homophone: mecca

### Noun

mecha (plural mechas or mecha)
* (anime, manga) A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.
** 1997, Helen McCarthy, The anime movie guide:Having deprived her of both her mecha and her lover, Masato looks set for a nasty end, but Miku arrives to save him.
** 2002, Christopher Hart, Anime mania: how to draw characters for Japanese animation:A transformation occurs when a mecha character, vehicle, or weapon unfolds and reassembles itself in a totally new form.
** 2006, Dani Cavallaro, The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki:Porco Rosso evinces a deep fascination with mechanical objects of all sorts but it is by no means a mecha movie...
** 2007, Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire:Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.
** 2007, Robin E. Brenner, Understanding manga and anime, page 170:[…] to be a “lifter”—to pilot a mecha that can also transform into an air board […]
** 2011, Kensuke Okabayashi, Manga For Dummies, page 275:In this section, I show you mechas that are large enough to be piloted by humans from the inside. Although most of them are designed for combat, some function as transportation or construction mechas.

#### Coordinate terms

* walker

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Cheam, mâche, mache, Achem, meach, Mache

## Galician
### Etymology

15th century. From Old French mesche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmet͡ʃa̝/

### Noun

mecha f (plural mechas)
* wick (burning cord)
    Synonyms: matula, pabío, torcida
** 1455, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, page 315:et fogil et ysca et candea de çera et hun pente e mechas de xofre e hun cordón de sedasand a tinderbox, and tinder, and a candle made of wax, and a comb, and sulfur wicks, and a silk cord
* lock of hair

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mecha”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mecha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mecha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mecha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “mecha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Japanese
### Romanization

mecha
* Rōmaji transcription of めちゃ

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛxa/, [ˈmæxa]

### Noun

mecha
* inflection of mech:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative dual

## Mayo
### Noun

mecha
* Obsolete spelling of meecha.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mèche.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.ʃa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɛ.t͡ʃɐ/

### Noun

mecha f (plural mechas)
* lock (length of hair)
    Synonyms: cacho, madeixa
* wick (burning cord of a candle)
    Synonym: pavio

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmet͡ʃa/ [ˈme.t͡ʃa]
* Rhymes: -etʃa
* Syllabification: me‧cha

### Etymology 1

Perhaps borrowed from French mèche.

#### Noun

mecha f (plural mechas)
* wick, fuse
* lock (length of hair)
    Synonym: bucle
* (in the plural, hair) highlights
    Synonym: rizo

##### Derived terms

* a toda mecha
* mecha de lado
* mecha de seguridad
* mechero
* mechón

##### See also

* espoleta
* fusible

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mecha
* inflection of mechar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “mecha”, 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