different between jumbo vs mega

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???mb??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???mbo?/
• Rhymes: -?mb??
• Hyphenation: jum?bo

Etymology 1

From Jumbo (1860–1885), the name given to a large African elephant from East Africa that was purchased in 1882 by American showman P. T. Barnum (1810–1891) for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Compare Swahili jambo (“matter, thing”) and jumbe (“chief, headman”).

Adjective

jumbo (not comparable)

1. Especially large or powerful.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

jumbo (plural jumbos)

1. An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
2. (engineering) A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.

   Synonym: drilling jumbo

Translations

See also

• Jumbomania

Etymology 2

From (mumbo) jumbo.

Noun

jumbo (plural jumbos)

1. (paganism, historical) Short for mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).

Further reading

• drilling jumbo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jumbo (elephant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• jumbo (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jumbo/, [?jumbo?]
• Rhymes: -umbo
• Syllabification: jum?bo

Etymology 1

After the circus elephant of the same name, as elephants are considered slow. A similar expression is found in Swedish jumbo. For the origin of the name, see English jumbo.

Noun

jumbo (not comparable)

1. (informal) last, last one, especially in a competition

Declension

Synonyms

• viimeinen

Compounds

• jumbofinaali
• jumbosija

Etymology 2

From English jumbo, from the same origin as above.

Noun

jumbo

1. jumbo jet
2. Short for porausjumbo (drilling jumbo).
3. (as modifier) very large

Declension

Synonyms

• (jumbojet): jumbojetti

Compounds

• jumbojetti
• jumbokoko
• jumbokokoinen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English jumbo ("An especially large or powerful person, animal or thing").

Noun

jumbo m (definite singular jumboen, indefinite plural jumboer, definite plural jumboene)

1. a person or team that finishes last (in competitions)

Derived terms

• jumboplass

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English jumbo ("An especially large or powerful person, animal or thing").

Noun

jumbo m (definite singular jumboen, indefinite plural jumboar, definite plural jumboane)

1. a person or team that finishes last (in competitions)

Derived terms

• jumboplass

References

• “jumbo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???/
• Rhymes: -???

Adjective

mega (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. (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.

   • 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)

1. (informal) extremely

   mega-fun; mega rich

Noun

mega (plural megas)

1. (mathematics) The Steinhaus-Moser number ?

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

• game, mage

Catalan

Noun

mega f (plural megues)

1. Clipping of megabyte.

Czech

Noun

mega n

1. (informal) million

Synonyms

• See also milión

Danish

Etymology

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

Adverb

mega

1. (informal) very

   Synonyms: herre, super

Esperanto

Etymology

From meg +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?a/
• Hyphenation: me?ga
• Rhymes: -e?a

Adjective

mega (accusative singular megan, plural megaj, accusative plural megajn)

1. (neologism, rare) millionth

   Synonym: miliona

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *magan?, from Proto-Indo-European *mag?-, *meg?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?a/

  Rhymes: -e?a

• IPA^(key): /?mi?ja/

  Rhymes: -i?ja

Verb

mega

1. must, may

Conjugation

References

• Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (“mega”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me??/, [?me???]
• Rhymes: -e??
• Syllabification: me?ga

Noun

mega

1. (computing, colloquial) Short for megatavu (“megabyte”).
2. (computing, colloquial) Short for megabitti (“megabit”).

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *magan?, from Proto-Indo-European *mag?-, *meg?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mei??a/
• Rhymes: -ei??a

Verb

mega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative má, third-person singular past indicative mátti, supine mátt)

1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be allowed, to be permitted, to may

   Synonym: hafa leyfi til

2. (intransitive) to must, to have to

   Synonym: verða

3. to have the strength, to be able

   Synonym: megna

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mega, from Sanskrit ??? (megha, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??a]
• Hyphenation: mè?ga

Noun

mega or mèga

1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

   Synonym: awan

Further reading

• “mega” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Noun

mega

1. Dated spelling of méga.

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (megha, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /me??/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /me?a/
• Rhymes: -e??, -??, -?

Noun

mega (Jawi spelling ????, plural mega-mega, informal 1st possessive megaku, impolite 2nd possessive megamu, 3rd possessive meganya)

1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

   Synonym: awan / ???? (more commonly used)

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 *megan?, *magan?.

Verb

mega

1. must, may
2. to be able to

Conjugation

Descendants

• Icelandic: mega
• Faroese: mega
• Old Swedish: magha, mugha
  • Swedish: må
• Danish: måtte
• Norwegian: måtte, må, umage
• Westrobothnian: mått, må, omaga

References

• mega in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??a/
• Hyphenation: me?ga

Adverb

mega

1. (informal) very, super (intensifier)

   Synonyms: muito, super

Noun

mega m (plural megas or mega)

1. Clipping of megabyte.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?a/, [?me.??a]

Etymology 1

Noun

mega f (plural megas)

1. Clipping of megabyte.

Etymology 2

Adjective

mega

1. feminine singular of mego

Sundanese

Romanization

mega

1. Romanization of ??? (cloud)