# mega
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛɡə/, /ˈmeɪɡə/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡə, -eɪɡə

### Adjective

mega (not comparable)
* (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.
* (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.

#### Related terms

* mega-

#### Translations
### Adverb

mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)
* (informal) extremely
    mega-fun; mega rich

### Noun

mega (plural megas)
* (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.
* (mathematics) The Steinhaus-Moser number ②

#### Coordinate terms

* meganon
* megiston
* Steinhaus-Moser
* Steinhaus-Moser notation
* Steinhaus-Moser number

### Anagrams

* game, mage

## Alemannic German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meɡ̊ɑ/, /meɡ̊ə/, /meːɡ̊ɑ/

### Adverb

mega
* (colloquial) very
    S Auto isch uu mega schnäll verbiigraast.The car drove by very quickly.

#### Usage notes

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

#### Synonyms

* uu
* seer
* huere (vulgar)

## Balinese
### Romanization

mega
* Romanization of ᬫᬾᬖ.

## Catalan
### Noun

mega f (plural megues)
* Clipping of megabyte.

## Czech
### Noun

mega n
* (informal) million
    Synonym: milión

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Adverb

mega
* (informal) very
    Synonyms: herre, super

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From meg +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmeɡa]
* Rhymes: -eɡa
* Hyphenation: me‧ga

### Adjective

mega (accusative singular megan, plural megaj, accusative plural megajn)
* (neologism, rare, ordinal number) millionth
    Synonym: miliona

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeːa/
    Rhymes: -eːa
* IPA: /ˈmiːja/
    Rhymes: -iːja

### Verb

mega
* must, may

#### Conjugation
### References

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

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeɡɑ/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -eɡɑ
* Hyphenation: me‧ga

### Noun

mega (colloquial)
* (computing) Ellipsis of megatavu (“megabyte”).
* (computing) Ellipsis of megabitti (“megabit”).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mega (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
megani
megani
accusative
nom.
megani
megani
gen.
megani
genitive
megani
megojeni megaini $^{rare}$
partitive
megaani
megojani
inessive
megassani
megoissani
elative
megastani
megoistani
illative
megaani
megoihini
adessive
megallani
megoillani
ablative
megaltani
megoiltani
allative
megalleni
megoilleni
essive
meganani
megoinani
translative
megakseni
megoikseni
abessive
megattani
megoittani
instructive
comitative
—megoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
megasi
megasi
accusative
nom.
megasi
megasi
gen.
megasi
genitive
megasi
megojesi megaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
megaasi
megojasi
inessive
megassasi
megoissasi
elative
megastasi
megoistasi
illative
megaasi
megoihisi
adessive
megallasi
megoillasi
ablative
megaltasi
megoiltasi
allative
megallesi
megoillesi
essive
meganasi
megoinasi
translative
megaksesi
megoiksesi
abessive
megattasi
megoittasi
instructive
comitative
—megoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
megamme
megamme
accusative
nom.
megamme
megamme
gen.
megamme
genitive
megamme
megojemme megaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
megaamme
megojamme
inessive
megassamme
megoissamme
elative
megastamme
megoistamme
illative
megaamme
megoihimme
adessive
megallamme
megoillamme
ablative
megaltamme
megoiltamme
allative
megallemme
megoillemme
essive
meganamme
megoinamme
translative
megaksemme
megoiksemme
abessive
megattamme
megoittamme
instructive
comitative
—megoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
meganne
meganne
accusative
nom.
meganne
meganne
gen.
meganne
genitive
meganne
megojenne megainne $^{rare}$
partitive
megaanne
megojanne
inessive
megassanne
megoissanne
elative
megastanne
megoistanne
illative
megaanne
megoihinne
adessive
megallanne
megoillanne
ablative
megaltanne
megoiltanne
allative
megallenne
megoillenne
essive
megananne
megoinanne
translative
megaksenne
megoiksenne
abessive
megattanne
megoittanne
instructive
comitative
—megoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
megansa
megansa
accusative
nom.
megansa
megansa
gen.
megansa
genitive
megansa
megojensa megainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
megaansa
megojaan megojansa
inessive
megassaan megassansa
megoissaan megoissansa
elative
megastaan megastansa
megoistaan megoistansa
illative
megaansa
megoihinsa
adessive
megallaan megallansa
megoillaan megoillansa
ablative
megaltaan megaltansa
megoiltaan megoiltansa
allative
megalleen megallensa
megoilleen megoillensa
essive
meganaan meganansa
megoinaan megoinansa
translative
megakseen megaksensa
megoikseen megoiksensa
abessive
megattaan megattansa
megoittaan megoittansa
instructive
comitative
—megoineen megoinensa :

## German
### Alternative forms

* mega-

### Etymology

From the prefix mega-.

### Adverb

mega
* (colloquial, somewhat childish) very, super
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sehr
    Das ist megaeinfach. ― It’s super easy.
    Er freute sich mega. ― He was super happy.

#### Usage notes

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

### Adjective

mega (strong nominative masculine singular megaer, not comparable)
* (slang, chiefly predicative) awesome, amazing
    Die Party gestern war mega. ― That party last night was awesome.

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeiːɣa/
* Rhymes: -eiːɣa

### Verb

mega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative má, third-person singular past indicative mátti, supine mátt)
* to be allowed, to be permitted, to 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?
* (intransitive) must, to have to
    Synonym: verða
* to have the strength, to be able
    Synonym: megna

#### Derived terms

* eins og nærri má geta
* má vera
* mega betur (“to have the upper hand”)
* mega ekki
* mega ekki hugsa til
* mega ekki vamm sitt vita (“to be concerned about one's reputation”)
* mega lengi lifa
* mega sín ekki við (“to not manage something”)
* mega sín mikils
* mega sín mikils (“have a lot of influence, to be powerful”)
* mega til (“to must, to have to”)
* mega vera að
* mega vera að (“to have the time to do”)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay mega, from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

mega (plural mega-mega)
* (dialectal, rare) Synonym of awan (“cloud”)

### 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

mega
* Dated spelling of méga. Romanization of ꦩꦺꦒ

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

mega (Jawi spelling ميݢ, plural mega-mega, informal 1st possessive megaku, 2nd possessive megamu, 3rd possessive meganya)
* Synonym of awan (“cloud”).

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: mega (inherited)

### Further reading

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

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meganą, *maganą.

### Verb

mega
* to be able to
    ek vætr hánum / vinna máttak.I was not at all able to struggle against him.
* must, may
    ok má at hans menn fari á land,and it may be that his men are coming ashore

#### Descendants

* 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

### Further reading

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English mega.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛ.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡa
* Syllabification: me‧ga
* Homophone: mega-

### Adjective

mega (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
* (colloquial) awesome, great, cool
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

### Adverb

mega (not comparable)
* (colloquial) awesome, great, cool

### Further reading

* mega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.ɡɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɛ.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈmɛ.ɣɐ]
* Hyphenation: me‧ga

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adverb

mega
* (informal) very, super (intensifier)
    Synonyms: muito, super

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mega m (plural megas or mega)
* Clipping of megabyte.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

mega m (plural megas)
* (colloquial) Clipping of mega hair.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeɡa/ [ˈme.ɣ̞a]
* Rhymes: -eɡa
* Syllabification: me‧ga

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

mega f (plural megas)
* Clipping of megabyte.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

mega f
* feminine singular of mego

### 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

## Sundanese
### Noun

mega
* Alternative spelling of méga