"giga-" meaning in All languages combined

See giga- on Wiktionary

Prefix [Czech]

Head templates: {{head|cs|prefix}} giga-
  1. giga- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-giga--cs-prefix-xim8SvUH Categories (other): Czech entries with incorrect language header

Prefix [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-giga-.ogg
Head templates: {{head|nl|prefix}} giga-
  1. giga- Wikipedia link: nl:giga Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-giga--nl-prefix-xim8SvUH Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Prefix [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɪɡ.ə/ [UK], /ˈɡaɪ.ɡə/ [UK], /ˈɡɪɡ.ə/ [US], /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə/ [US]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”); cognate to giant. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|γίγας||giant}} Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”), {{m|en|giant}} giant Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} giga-, {{en-prefix}} giga-
  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁹ (short scale billion or long scale milliard). Symbol: G Tags: morpheme Translations (SI prefix): гіга- (hiha-) (Belarusian), гига- (giga-) (Bulgarian), giga- (Catalan), 吉- (gat¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 激- (gik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 吉- (jí-) (Chinese Mandarin), 吉咖- (jígā-, jíkā-) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), giga- (Czech), giga- (Dutch), giga- (Estonian), giga- (Finnish), giga- (French), xiga- (Galician), გიგა- (giga-) (Georgian), giga- (German), γίγα- (gíga-) (Greek), giga- (Hungarian), giga- (Ido), giga- (Indonesian), ギガ (giga) (Japanese), 기가 (giga-) (Korean), giga- (Malay), giga- (Polish), giga- (Portuguese), гига- (giga-) (Russian), giga- (Spanish), จิกะ- (jì-gà) (Thai), กิกะ- (gì-gà) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-giga--en-prefix-AvkKwUdf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 22 28 19 Disambiguation of 'SI prefix': 39 16 21 24
  2. (computing, sometimes proscribed) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824. Tags: morpheme, proscribed, sometimes Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: gibi-
    Sense id: en-giga--en-prefix-51lFkVk~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 22 28 19 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (slang) Augmenting an adjective; intensely, extremely, or to an exceptionally high degree. Tags: morpheme, slang Synonyms: super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, mega-
    Sense id: en-giga--en-prefix-azcxJxeh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 22 28 19
  4. (Internet slang, originally 4chan) Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something. Tags: Internet, morpheme
    Sense id: en-giga--en-prefix-2tBLCjBg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 22 28 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gibi-, gigabyte, gigaflop, gigahertz, gigajoule, gigawatt Related terms: billion, next: tera- Related terms (ISO prefixes): previous: mega-
Disambiguation of 'ISO prefixes': 20 25 31 23

Prefix [Finnish]

IPA: /ˈɡiɡɑ-/, [ˈɡiɡɑ̝-]
Etymology: Internationalism (see English giga-), ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas). Etymology templates: {{internationalism|fi}} Internationalism, {{cog|en|giga-}} English giga-, {{der|fi|grc|γίγας}} Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas) Head templates: {{head|fi|prefix|head=}} giga-, {{fi-prefix}} giga-
  1. giga- Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): SI units Related terms: kilo-, mega-
    Sense id: en-giga--fi-prefix-xim8SvUH Disambiguation of SI units: 48 52
  2. (informal) super-, extremely Tags: informal, morpheme Categories (topical): SI units
    Sense id: en-giga--fi-prefix-5fkh36uS Disambiguation of SI units: 48 52 Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish entries with topic categories using raw markup, Finnish internationalisms, Finnish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Finnish entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of Finnish internationalisms: 14 86 Disambiguation of Finnish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86

Prefix [French]

IPA: /ʒi.ɡa/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-giga-.wav
Head templates: {{fr-prefix}} giga-
  1. giga- Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): SI units
    Sense id: en-giga--fr-prefix-xim8SvUH Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Prefix [German]

Head templates: {{head|de|prefix}} giga-
  1. giga- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-giga--de-prefix-xim8SvUH Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Prefix [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|prefix}} giga-
  1. giga- Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): SI units
    Sense id: en-giga--it-prefix-xim8SvUH Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Prefix [Polish]

IPA: /ˈɡi.ɡa/
Rhymes: -iɡa Etymology: From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas). Etymology templates: {{der|pl|grc|γίγας}} Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas) Head templates: {{head|pl|prefix}} giga-
  1. giga-, bilion Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): SI units
    Sense id: en-giga--pl-prefix-00OmY0hS Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header

Prefix [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|prefix}} giga-
  1. giga- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10⁹) Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): SI units
    Sense id: en-giga--pt-prefix-uiAcW72T Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for giga- meaning in All languages combined (15.2kB)

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      "word": "kilo-"
    },
    {
      "word": "mega-"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "super-, extremely"
      ],
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        [
          "super-",
          "super-"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
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      ],
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        "(informal) super-, extremely"
      ],
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        "informal",
        "morpheme"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡiɡɑ-/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈɡiɡɑ̝-]"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "prefix",
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        "French terms with audio links",
        "fr:SI units"
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ʒi.ɡa/"
    },
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}

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      "expansion": "giga-",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "prefix",
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        "German lemmas",
        "German prefixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giga-"
      ],
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        [
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      ]
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}

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      "args": {
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        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "giga-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "prefix",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian prefixes",
        "it:SI units"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giga-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "giga-",
          "giga-#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "giga-"
}

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    {
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "γίγας"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).",
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        "2": "prefix"
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "prefix",
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        "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Polish lemmas",
        "Polish prefixes",
        "Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Polish terms with audio links",
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        [
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        "morpheme"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡi.ɡa/"
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      "rhymes": "-iɡa"
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}

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        "1": "pt",
        "2": "prefix"
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      "expansion": "giga-",
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  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "prefix",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese prefixes",
        "pt:SI units"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giga- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10⁹)"
      ],
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        [
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          "giga-#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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}

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