meg

See also: Meg, MEG, még, mēg, -meg, and meg-

English

Noun

meg (plural megs)

  1. (slang) Any unit having the SI prefix mega-, such as megahertz
    (computing) - My new computer has over 500 megs of RAM. = megabyte
    (radio) - "What frequency does Radio XYZ broadcast on?" "105.7 meg" = megahertz
    (heating) - "a 250 meg gas heater" = megajoules

Usage notes
  • Mostly encountered in speech, less often in writing.

See also

Anagrams

Esperanto
Esperanto cardinal numbers
1,000,000
    Cardinal : meg
    Ordinal : mega

Etymology

Back-formation from mega-.

Numeral

meg

  1. (neologism, rare) million, 106

Synonyms

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [meː]
  • Rhymes: -eː

Pronoun

meg sg

  1. me, accusative singular of eg (I)

Declension
Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *müŋä (“rear, beyond”). For a similar semantic development, see Finnish cognate myös (“also, too”). Of the same origin as mögött, mögé, and mögül.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɡ]
  • Audio(file)

Conjunction

meg

  1. and
  2. plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)
    Három meg egy egyenlő néggyel. ― Three plus one equals four.

See also

References
  1. Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #552

Livonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mek.

Pronoun

meg

  1. we; nominative plural of minā

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mæɪ̯/

Pronoun

meg

  1. me (objective case of jeg)

See also
    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Nominative Objective case Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person jeg meg min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person du deg din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m han han/ham hans
Third person f hun henne hennes
Third person n det det dets
Third person, nonhuman m/f den den dens
Plural
First person vi oss vår m
Second person dere dere deres
Third person de dem deres

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mik.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

meg

  1. me (direct object of a verb); objective case of eg

See also
    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk
Nominative Objective case Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person eg, je1 meg min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person du deg din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m han han, honom2 hans
Third person f ho ho, henne hennar, hennes1
Third person n det, dat3 det, dat3 dess 4
Plural
First person me, vi oss vår m
Second person de, dokker dykk, dokker dykkar, dokkar
Third person dei dei, deim2 deira, deires1
Notes
1No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.
2Traditional forms that are no longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
3Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
4Rare or literary

References

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) matg
  • (Vallader) mai

Etymology

From Latin (mensis) Māius (“of May”).

Proper noun

meg m

  1. (Puter) May

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse mik, from Proto-Germanic *mek (“me”), accusative of *ek (“I”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meːɣ/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

meg

  1. me (first-person accusative and dative singular personal pronoun)

Declension
Westrobothnian personal pronouns.
number first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative jig, jeg, jög du, döu hɑnn, hånn hu, ho, hon he
accusative meg deg seg hana, na, a, hänner he, ne, e
dative meg deg seg hönöm, hano, håno hannar, hänner, hennar, henar, nar dy, dyij, di
genitive min din sin hɑnʃ, hansches, hånsch hannars, hännars, hennars, henars diss
case plural plural masculine plural feminine plural neuter
nominative ve ge, je, ji de, di, dȯm, dem, döm
accusative ass, åss ge, je, ji seg
dative ass, åss gerom, irom seg dȯm, dem, döm, do
genitive vor, våor, vånn, voden jera, jänn, iden, jedar, idar sin dern, dera, däris, daires dera, däris, daires derä


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