magazine

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English

Etymology

Borrowed 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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

magazine (plural magazines)

1. A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
3. (military) An ammunition storehouse.
   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. (archaic) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
9. (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

Borrowed from English magazine, 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”). 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

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