meg

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

Anagrams

• EGM, EMG, GEM, Gem, gem

Etymology

Back-formation from mega-.

Numeral

meg

1. (neologism, rare) million, 10⁶

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [meː]
• Rhymes: -eː

Pronoun

meg sg

1. me, accusative singular of eg (I)

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]

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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.

Alternative forms

• (Courland) mēg

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mek.

Pronoun

meg

1. we; plural nominative form of minā

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæɪ̯/

Pronoun

meg

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

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

References

• “meg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin (mensis) Māius (“of May”).

Proper noun

meg m

1. (Puter) May

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)