magazine

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

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Translations

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

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