different between mecha vs mecca

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k?
• Homophone: mecca

Noun

mecha (plural mechas or mecha)

1. (anime, manga) A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.
   • 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.

Translations

Anagrams

• Cheam, Mache, mache, meach, mâche

Galician

Etymology

15th century. From Old French mesche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?met??a?/

Noun

mecha f (plural mechas)

1. wick (burning cord)
   • 1455, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), 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 sedas

     and a tinderbox, and tinder, and a candle made of wax, and a comb, and sulfur wicks, and a silk cord

   Synonyms: matula, pabío, torcida

2. lock of hair

References

• “mecha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mecha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mecha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mecha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Japanese

Romanization

mecha

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?xa/, [?mæxa]

Noun

mecha

1. inflection of mech:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Mayo

Noun

mecha

1. Obsolete spelling of meecha

Portuguese

Etymology

From French mèche.

Noun

mecha f (plural mechas)

1. lock (length of hair)

   Synonyms: cacho, madeixa

2. wick (burning cord of a candle)

   Synonym: pavio

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from French mèche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?met??a/, [?me.t??a]

Noun

mecha f (plural mechas)

1. wick, fuse
2. lock (length of hair)

   Synonym: bucle

3. (hair) highlights (in the plural)

Derived terms

• mecha de lado
• mechero
• mechón

See also

• espoleta
• fusible

Further reading

• “mecha” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k?
• Homophone: mecha

Noun

mecca (plural meccas)

1. Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?k.ka/
• Rhymes: -?kka

Noun

mecca f (invariable)

1. Mecca (attractive place)