# mega-
## Translingual
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* Used with taxon names to form other taxon names, usually for a morphologically similar taxon differing only in size

#### Derived terms
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: mĕgʹə, IPA: /ˈmɛɡə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* also IPA: /ˈmeɪɡə/

### Prefix

SI prefix :
| M | Previous: | kilo- |
| M | Next: | giga- |
mega-
* (originally) Very large, great.
* In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10$^6$.) SI Symbol: M.
* (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2$^{20}$ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi.
* (computing, marketing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2$^{10}$ × 10$^3$ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million).
* (slang, augmentative) Really, very, uber-, super-.
** 2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, pages 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.

#### Usage notes

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* Because the meaning "2$^{20}$" 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.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Antonyms

* micro-

#### Derived terms

* mega
* megabar
* megabase
* megabit
* megabucks
* megabyte
* megacephalic, megacephalous, megacephaly
* Megacheiroptera
* megacity
* megacurie
* megacycle
* megadeath
* megadonor
* megadose
* megadyne
* megafarad
* megafauna
* megaflop
* megaflora
* megagamete
* megagauss
* megagram, megagramme
* megaherbivore
* megahertz
* megajoule
* megalith, megalithic
* megalitre, megaliter
* megalomania, megalomaniac
* megalomanic
* megametre, megameter
* megamind
* meganewton
* megapack
* megaparsec
* megaphone
* megapixel
* megapode
* megapolis
* megarad
* megascope
* megasporangium
* megaspore, megasporic
* megasporophyll
* megastar
* megastore
* megastorm
* megastructure
* megatechnology
* megathere, megatherian, Megatherium
* megaton
* megavertebrate
* megavitamin
* megavolt
* megawatt
* mega-wide
* mega world
* megohm

#### Related terms

* mega (adjective)
* much
* almagest

#### Translations

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### Anagrams

* game, mage

## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* mega- (SI system)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “mega-”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “mega-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* mega- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* mega- (SI system)
* (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.

#### Synonyms

* herre-
* super-

#### Derived terms
### References

* “mega-” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeː.ɣaː/
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeɡɑ-/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ̝-]

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-
* (informal) super-, extremely

#### See also

* kilo-
* giga-

### Further reading

* “mega-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

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

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛɡɒ]
* Hyphenation: me‧ga

### Prefix

mega-
* mega- (in the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10$^6$.))

#### Derived terms
### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛɡa]
* Hyphenation: mè‧ga

### Prefix

mèga-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “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.

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmɛ.ɡa/
* Hyphenation: mè‧ga-

### Prefix

mega-
* mega- (all senses)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* mega- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* gema

## Japanese
### Romanization

mega-
* Rōmaji transcription of メガ

## Latvian
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* mega- at tezaurs.lv

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas).

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### References

* “mega-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέγα- (méga-).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡa
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
* Homophone: mega

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* mega- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* mega- (very large, great)
* mega- (multiplication factor of one million)

#### Derived terms
## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* mega in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “mega-”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /méːɡa-/

### Prefix

mẹ̑ga-
* mega-

#### Further reading

* “mega-”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meːɡa/, /mɛɡa/

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* mega- in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* mage

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mega-
* mega-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “megavat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu