magazine

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English

Etymology

From Middle English magasyne, from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). First attested in the 1580s.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mag‧a‧zine
• (Western) IPA^(key): /mæɡ.əˈziːn/, /ˈmæɡ.ə.ziːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡ.ə.zɪn/, Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

magazine (plural magazines)

1. A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
   1. (broadcasting) A radio or television show where each episode comprises a variety of features or segments, akin to the format of a print magazine.
3. (military) An ammunition storehouse.

   Synonym: powder magazine

   1. (nautical) The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.
4. A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
5. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
6. (archaic) A country or district especially rich in natural products.
7. (archaic) A city viewed as a marketing center.
8. (Louisiana) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
9. (historical, television, UK, Ireland) A collection of Teletext pages.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English magazine. The neuter gender is due to magazijn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡəˌziːn/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ga‧zi‧ne

Noun

magazine n (plural magazines)

1. magazine (periodical publication)

French

Etymology

From English magazine. Doublet of magasin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡa.zin/

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. magazine (periodical publication)

   Synonyms: revue, périodique

Further reading

• “magazine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English magazine, from Middle French magasin, from Italian magazzino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡa.zin/, /ˈmɛ.ɡa.zin/, /ma.ɡaˈzin/
• Rhymes: -aɡazin, -ɛɡazin, -in

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. magazine (publication, especially the supplement of a newspaper)

   Synonym: rivista

References

Further reading

• magazine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ga‧zi‧ne

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. department store (store containing many departments)

   Synonym: loja de departamento

Romanian

Noun

magazine n pl

1. plural of magazin