English Explanatory Dictionary

giga-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  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).
  2. Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824.
  3. Augmenting an adjective; intensely, extremely, or to an exceptionally high degree.
  4. Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɪɡ.ə/ /ˈɡaɪ.ɡə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-giga-.wav /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə/

Word forms

giga-

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”); cognate to giant.

Synonyms

gibi- mul:Gi- super- supra- hyper- ultra- uber- mega-

Antonyms

nano- mini- micro-

Related words

billion next: tera- mul:G- previous: mega-

Derived words

gibi- gigabyte gigaflop gigahertz gigajoule gigawatt

Translations

Belarusian: гіга- Bulgarian: гига- Catalan: giga- Chinese Cantonese: 吉- Chinese Cantonese: 激- Chinese Mandarin: 吉- Chinese Mandarin: 吉咖- Czech: giga- Dutch: giga- Estonian: giga- Finnish: giga- French: giga- Galician: xiga- Georgian: გიგა- German: giga- Greek: γίγα- Hungarian: giga- Ido: giga- Indonesian: giga- Japanese: ギガ Korean: 기가- Malay: giga- Polish: giga- Portuguese: giga- Russian: гига- Spanish: giga- Thai: จิกะ- Thai: กิกะ- Vietnamese: gi-ga
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