giga-

giga-

See also: giga and gíga-

English

SI prefix

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɡ.ə/, /ˈɡaɪ.ɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɡ.ə/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə/

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

   ‎giga- + ‎watt → ‎gigawatt ("one billion watts")

2. (computing, sometimes proscribed) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824.

   Synonym: gibi-

3. (slang) Augmenting an adjective; intensely, extremely, or to an exceptionally high degree.

   Synonyms: super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, mega-

   Wow, I am giga-jealous right now.

4. (Internet slang, originally 4chan) Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something.

   ‎giga- + ‎Chad → ‎gigachad

   ‎giga- + ‎Stacy → ‎gigastacy

Usage notes

• In computing, meaning is ambiguous between 10⁹ = 1,000,000,000 and 2³⁰ = 1,073,741,824. For precision, gibi- specifically means the binary 2³⁰; see binary prefix for discussion.

Antonyms

• nano-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with giga-

• gibi-
• gigabyte
• gigaflop
• gigahertz
• gigajoule
• gigawatt

 

Translations

SI prefix

Belarusian: гіга- (hiha-) Bulgarian: гига- (giga-) Catalan: giga- (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 吉- (gat1), 激- (gik1) Mandarin: 吉- (zh) (jí-), 吉咖- (jígā-, jíkā-) (mainland China) Czech: giga- (cs) Dutch: giga- (nl) Estonian: giga- (et) Finnish: giga- (fi) French: giga- (fr) Galician: xiga- (gl) Georgian: გიგა- (giga-) German: giga- (de) Greek: γίγα- (gíga-) Hungarian: giga- (hu) Ido: giga- Indonesian: giga- Japanese: ギガ (ja) (giga) Korean: 기가 (giga-) Malay: giga- Polish: giga- (pl) Portuguese: giga- (pt) Russian: гига- (ru) (giga-) Spanish: giga- (es)

See also

• billion
• (ISO prefixes) previous: mega-, next: tera-

Further reading

• giga- on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with giga-

Further reading

• giga- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

Dutch terms prefixed with giga-

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English giga-), ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiɡɑ-/, [ˈɡiɡɑ-]

Prefix

giga-

1. giga-
2. (informal) super-, extremely

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with giga-

Related terms

• kilo-
• mega-

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ɡa/

• Audio

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Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

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German

Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with giga-

Further reading

• “giga-” in Duden online
• “giga-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Italian

Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

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Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.ɡa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: gi‧ga

Prefix

giga-

1. giga-, bilion

   ‎giga- + ‎-metr → ‎gigametr

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with giga-

Further reading

• giga- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• giga- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Prefix

giga-

1. giga- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10⁹)