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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|mightie||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|mighty}}, {{m|enm|mightie}}, {{m|enm|mighti}}, {{m|enm|myghty}}, {{m|enm|miȝty}}, {{m|enm|maȝty}}, from {{inh|en|ang|mihtiġ}}, {{m|ang|mehtiġ}}, {{m|ang|meahtiġ}}, {{m|ang|mæhtiġ|t=mighty}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*mahtīg|t=mighty}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mahtīgaz|t=mighty}}, equivalent to {{af|en|might|-y}}.

Cognate with {{cog|sco|michty}}, {{m|sco|mychty}}, {{cog|stq|machtich}}, {{cog|nl|machtig}}, {{cog|nds-de|machtig}}, {{cog|de|mächtig}}, {{cog|sv|mäktig}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmaɪti/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmaɪti/|[ˈmʌɪɾi]|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-mighty.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪti|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete|rare}} A [[warrior]] of great strength and courage.
#* {{RQ:KJV|1 Chronicles|11|12||And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three '''mighties'''.}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er}}

# Very strong; possessing [[might]].
#: {{ux|en|He's a '''mighty''' wrestler, but you are faster than him.}}
#* {{RQ:KJV|Job|9|4||Wise in heart, and '''mighty''' in strength.}}
# Very heavy and powerful.
#: {{ux|en|Thor swung his '''mighty''' hammer.}}
#: {{ux|en|He gave the ball a '''mighty''' hit.}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} Very large; [[hefty]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1809|publisher=w:Washington Irving|title=w:A History of New York
|passage=Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasionable grunt, as he shovelled a '''mighty''' spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth {{...}}}}
# Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
#* {{RQ:KJV|Matthew|11|20|passage=His '''mighty''' works}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Regained|book=Samson Agonistes|page=42|lines=637–638|passage=Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I &#91;{{w|Samson}}&#93; grew up and thriv'd [[amain]]; / He led me on to '''mightieſt''' deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies.}}
#* {{RQ:Hawthorne Scarlet Letter|passage='''Mighty''' was their fuss about little matters.}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} [[excellent|Excellent]], extremely good.
#: {{ux|en|Tonight's a '''mighty''' opportunity to have a party.}}
#: {{ux|en|She's a '''mighty''' cook.}}

====Derived terms====
{{der2|en|high and mighty|how the mighty have fallen|mighty oaks from little acorns grow|mightiness|unmighty|that's mighty white of you|mighty dollar}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|very strong, possessing might}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قَوِيّ}}, {{t+|ar|قَادِر}}, {{t|ar|مُقْتَدِر}}, {{t+|ar|عَزِيْز}}, {{t|ar|قَدِيْر}}, {{t|ar|جَبَّار}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հզոր}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|силен}}, {{t+|bg|мощен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|poderós}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[强大]]的|tr=qiángdà de}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|mocný}}
* Danish: {{t|da|mægtig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|machtig}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|wsr|h=wsr-s-r:D40}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|potenca}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mahtava}}, {{t+|fi|voimallinen}}, {{t+|fi|voimakas}}
* French: {{t+|fr|puissant}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ძლიერი}}, {{t|ka|ძლევამოსილი}}
* German: {{t+|de|gewaltig}}, {{t+|de|mächtig}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ισχυρός}}, {{t+|el|κραταιός}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|κραταιός}}, {{t|grc|κρατύς}}, {{t|grc|ἰσχυρός}}, {{t|grc|καρτερός}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|neartmhar}}, {{t|ga|mórchumhachtach}}, {{t|ga|tréan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|potente}}, {{t+|it|possente}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[強大]]な|tr=きょうだいな, kyōdai na}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|힘센}}
* Latin: {{t|la|imperiōsus}}, {{t+|la|potens}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|mektig}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|poderós}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|هزبر|tr=hozabr}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|mocarny}}, {{t+|pl|potężny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|poderoso}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|qhapaq}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|могу́щественный}}, {{t+|ru|мо́щный}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|उग्र}}, {{t+|sa|विभूति}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|cumhachdach}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|poderoso}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|mäktig}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|могу́тній}}, {{t|uk|поту́жний}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|machtich}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv|-}}

# {{lb|en|colloquial}} [[very|Very]]; to a high [[degree]].
#: {{ux|en|You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell '''mighty''' bad when you come back on Monday.}}
#: {{ux|en|Pork chops boiled with turnip greens make a '''mighty''' fine meal.}}
#* {{RQ:Pepys Diary|IV|28 May 1665
|passage=The lady is not heard of, and the King '''mighty''' angry and the Lord sent to the Tower.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1891|author=w:Thomas Hardy|title=w:Tess of the d'Urbervilles|publisher=James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co.|location=London|volume=1|page=82|passage='He is a '''mighty''' handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.}}
#* {{RQ:Doyle Lost World|passage="You see, between you an' me close-tiled, I look on this South American business as a '''mighty''' serious thing, and if I have a pal with me I want a man I can bank on."}}
#* {{RQ:Burroughs Land That Time Forgot||IV|passage=I was '''mighty''' glad that our entrance into the interior of Caprona had been inside a submarine rather than in any other form of vessel. I could readily understand how it might have been that Caprona had been invaded in the past by venturesome navigators without word of it ever reaching the outside world, for I can assure you that only by submarine could man pass up that great sluggish river, alive.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|author=w:Bob Dylan|year=1964|title=Motorpsycho Nitemare|passage=I pounded on a farmhouse / Lookin' for a place to stay / I was '''mighty''', '''mighty''' tired / I had come a long, long way}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1965|title=Sophisticated Boom Boom|artist=w:The Shangri-Las|author=w:Shadow Morton|passage=I was walkin' down the street / And it was gettin' '''mighty''' late}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1979|artist={{w|Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester}}|title=You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)|text=And I know my love, it's about that time / Make me feel, '''mighty''' real}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|might}}
* {{l|en|almighty}}

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