magasiner

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Noun

magasiner n

1. indefinite plural of magasin

French

Etymology

magasin +‎ -er. Dénominal from magasin; possibly influenced by English shop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡa.zi.ne/

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Verb

magasiner

1. (Canada, Quebec, intransitive) to shop; to go shopping.

   Synonyms: faire les magasins, faire les boutiques

   • 1984, Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry:

     Ma femme aime bien magasiner, alors je dois lui donner un peu d'argent pour ça.

     My wife loves shopping, so I have to give her a bit of money for that.

   • 1989, Michel Grégoire, Richard Dominique, Le langage de la chasse:

     Je lui ai répondu que j'allais magasiner.

     I replied that I was going shopping.

2. (Canada, Quebec, intransitive) to shop around; to compare products, services, prices, or terms before making a purchase or commitment.

   Les consommateurs magasinent davantage avant de prendre une décision. ― Consumers shop around more before making a decision.

3. (Canada, Quebec, transitive) to shop for; to seek out, compare, or evaluate products or services before purchasing or selecting them.

   Je magasine une voiture neuve depuis deux mois. ― I've been shopping for a new car for two months.

   L'entreprise magasine actuellement ses assurances. ― The company is currently shopping around for insurance.

4. (Canada, Quebec, reflexive) to shop for oneself; to seek out or obtain something for oneself by shopping around.

   Elle s'est magasiné un nouveau manteau. ― She bought herself a new coat.

Usage notes

Common and well established in Quebec French and more generally in Canadian French. The verb occurs intransitively (magasiner “to shop”, “to shop around”), transitively (magasiner une voiture, magasiner des assurances), and reflexively (se magasiner quelque chose). It is frequently used of comparison-shopping for products or services such as insurance, loans, or telecommunications plans. In France and much of the Francophonie outside North America, expressions such as faire les magasins, faire les boutiques, or faire du shopping are generally more common, and magasiner is usually regarded as a Canadianism.

Conjugation

Conjugation of magasiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	magasiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	magasinant /ma.ɡa.zi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		magasiné /ma.ɡa.zi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	magasine /ma.ɡa.zin/	magasines /ma.ɡa.zin/	magasine /ma.ɡa.zin/	magasinons /ma.ɡa.zi.nɔ̃/	magasinez /ma.ɡa.zi.ne/	magasinent /ma.ɡa.zin/
	imperfect	magasinais /ma.ɡa.zi.nɛ/	magasinais /ma.ɡa.zi.nɛ/	magasinait /ma.ɡa.zi.nɛ/	magasinions /ma.ɡa.zi.njɔ̃/	magasiniez /ma.ɡa.zi.nje/	magasinaient /ma.ɡa.zi.nɛ/
	past historic2	magasinai /ma.ɡa.zi.ne/	magasinas /ma.ɡa.zi.na/	magasina /ma.ɡa.zi.na/	magasinâmes /ma.ɡa.zi.nam/	magasinâtes /ma.ɡa.zi.nat/	magasinèrent /ma.ɡa.zi.nɛʁ/
	future	magasinerai /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁe/	magasineras /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁa/	magasinera /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁa/	magasinerons /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁɔ̃/	magasinerez /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁe/	magasineront /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	magasinerais /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁɛ/	magasinerais /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁɛ/	magasinerait /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁɛ/	magasinerions /ma.ɡa.zi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	magasineriez /ma.ɡa.zi.nə.ʁje/	magasineraient /ma.ɡa.zin.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	magasine /ma.ɡa.zin/	magasines /ma.ɡa.zin/	magasine /ma.ɡa.zin/	magasinions /ma.ɡa.zi.njɔ̃/	magasiniez /ma.ɡa.zi.nje/	magasinent /ma.ɡa.zin/
	imperfect2	magasinasse /ma.ɡa.zi.nas/	magasinasses /ma.ɡa.zi.nas/	magasinât /ma.ɡa.zi.na/	magasinassions /ma.ɡa.zi.na.sjɔ̃/	magasinassiez /ma.ɡa.zi.na.sje/	magasinassent /ma.ɡa.zi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	magasine /ma.ɡa.zin/	—	magasinons /ma.ɡa.zi.nɔ̃/	magasinez /ma.ɡa.zi.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• magasinage
• magasineur (rare)
• remagasiner (rare)
• se magasiner

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• grainâmes, magnerais, mangerais

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Alternative forms

• magasin

Noun

magasiner n

1. indefinite plural of magasin