magazine
See also: Magazine
English
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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
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Audio: (file)
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- Rhymes: -iːn
- Hyphenation: mag‧a‧zine
Noun
magazine (plural magazines)
- A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
- An ammunition storehouse.
- 1671, John Milton, “The Expression error: Unrecognized word "samson". Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page Samson Agonistes, lines 293–8:
- He all thir Ammunition / And feats of War defeats / With plain Heroic magnitude of mind / And celeſtial vigour arm’d, / Thir Armories and Magazins contemns, / Renders them uſeleſs, while / With winged expedition / Swift as the lightning glance he executes / His errand on the wicked, who ſurpris’d / Loſe thir defence diſtracted and amaz’d.
- A chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
- A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
- (dated) A country or district especially rich in natural products.
- (dated) A city viewed as a marketing center.
- (dated) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
periodical
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ammunition storehouse
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ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from English magazine.
Pronunciation
Noun
magazine m (plural magazines)
- 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
Noun
magazine m (plural magazines)
Further reading
- magazine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Noun
magazine m (plural magazines)
- department store (store containing many departments)
Synonyms
Romanian
Noun
magazine n pl
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