mag

English Online Dictionary. What means mag‎? What does mag mean?

Translingual

Symbol

mag

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Magahi.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

Noun

mag (plural mags)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of magazine.

   NY Mag ― New York Magazine

2. (colloquial) Clipping of magnet.
3. (colloquial, automotive) Ellipsis of mag wheel.

4. (astronomy) Clipping of magnitude.
5. (colloquial, law) Clipping of magistrate.
6. (colloquial) Clipping of magnetometer.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

mag (third-person singular simple present mags, present participle magging, simple past and past participle magged)

1. (transitive, obsolete, slang) To steal.

Derived terms

• magsman
• magpie

Etymology 3

Noun

mag (plural mags)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A halfpenny.

Anagrams

• AGM, GMA, Gam., MGA, gam

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maχ/

Etymology 1

From Dutch mogen, from Middle Dutch mogen, from Old Dutch mugan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.

Verb

mag (present mag, past mog)

1. may, might

Usage notes

The preterite form mog is archaic and rarely used.

Etymology 2

From Dutch macht, from Middle Dutch macht, from Old Dutch *maht, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis.

Noun

mag (plural magte)

1. might; power

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mang, makth

Etymology

Denasalized variant of mang.

Noun

mag m (indefinite plural magë, definite singular magu, definite plural magët)

1. rabbit, hinny

Declension

Related terms

• makth
• meksh

References

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos). Attested 1803

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmak/

Noun

mag m (plural mags, feminine maga)

1. magician; wizard
2. magus (Zoroastrian priest)

Related terms

• màgic
• Reis Mags

References

Further reading

• “mag” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mag”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “mag” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mag” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German mak (“ease, calm”), related to Old Saxon makon (“to make”).

Noun

mag c or n

1. rest

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑx
• IPA^(key): /mɑx/

Verb

mag

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of mogen
2. imperative of mogen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /max/ (northern and central Germany, now chiefly colloquial)
• Rhymes: -aːk, -ax
• Homophone: mach (regional only)

Verb

mag

1. first/third-person singular present of mögen

Gothic

Romanization

mag

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *muŋkɜ (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡ]
• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

mag (plural magok)

1. seed, pip, stone, pit, core (the central part of fruits)
2. kernel, core, nucleus (the most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence)
3. Ellipsis of processzormag (“core”, an individual computer processor).

Declension

Variant plural and possessive forms:

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• mag in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch maag (“stomach”), from Middle Dutch māge, from Old Dutch *mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑh/, /ˈmɑx/
• Hyphenation: mag
• Homophone: maag

Noun

mag (first-person possessive magku, second-person possessive magmu, third-person possessive magnya)

1. (colloquial, rare) stomach

   Synonym: lambung

2. (colloquial) gastritis

Alternative forms

• maag

Further reading

• “mag” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) ma'g

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mako. Related to Finnish maha.

Noun

mag

1. stomach
2. belly

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *magos (“plain, field”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”) (compare Sanskrit मही (mahī́, “earth”) from the same root).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɣ/

Noun

mag n (genitive maige, nominative plural maige)

1. a plain, field

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: má
• Scottish Gaelic: magh

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: mag
• Homophone: mak

Noun

mag m pers

1. (occult) wizard (person skilled with magic)

   Synonyms: czarodziej, czarownik

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek μάγος (mágos), partly through Slavic (Bulgarian маг (mag)), and partly through Latin magus.

Noun

mag m (plural magi)

1. magus, wise man

Declension

Related terms

• magie

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

mag (past mhag, future magaidh, verbal noun magadh, past participle magte)

1. mock, deride

Welsh

Etymology 1

Back-formation from magu (“to rear; to breed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːɡ/

Noun

mag m (uncountable)

1. fry (young fish)

   Synonym: silod

Mutation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡ/

Noun

mag

1. Nasal mutation of bag.

Mutation

Wolof

Noun

mag (definite form mag ji)

1. older sibling

   Antonym: rakk