magazine

See also: Magazine

English

The cover of the September 19, 1927, issue of Time, a weekly news magazine published in the United States.

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): /mæɡəˈzin/, /ˈmæɡəzin/

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• IPA^(key): /mæɡəˈziːn/
• 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. An ammunition storehouse.
   • 1671, John Milton, “The 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.

3. A chamber in 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. (dated) A country or district especially rich in natural products.
6. (dated) A city viewed as a marketing center.
7. (dated) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• magazine dress
• magazine gun
• magazine stove

• newsmagazine
• zine

Descendants

• → Burmese: မဂ္ဂဇင်း (magga.jang:)
• → Cebuano: magasin
• → Dutch: magazine
• → French: magazine
• → Italian: magazine
• → Gujarati: મેગેઝિન (megejhin)
• → Hebrew: מגזין (magazin)
• → Hindustani: मैगज़ीन (maigzīn) / میگزین (megzīn)
• → Japanese: マガジン (magajin)
• → Shan: မႅၵ်ႈၵၸိၼ်း (mēk kǎ tsín)
• → Spanish: magacín

Translations

periodical

• Afrikaans: tydskrif (af)
• Albanian: revistë (sq) f
• Amharic: መጽሔት (mäṣḥet)
• Arabic: مَجَلَّة f (majalla)
• Aragonese: rebiesta f
• Armenian: ամսագիր (hy) (amsagir), հանդես (hy) (handes)
• Azerbaijani: jurnal (az), dərgi
• Basque: aldizkari
• Belarusian: часо́піс m (časópis), журна́л m (žurnál)
• Bengali: পত্রিকা (potrika)
• Bulgarian: списа́ние n (spisánie), журна́л (bg) m (žurnál)
• Burmese: မဂ္ဂဇင်း (my) (magga.jang:), စာစောင် (my) (cacaung), ကျည်ကပ် (my) (kyanykap)
• Buryat: сэтгүүл (setgüül), журнал (žurnal)
• Catalan: revista (ca) f
• Cebuano: rebista, magasin
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雜誌／杂志 (zaap⁶ zi³), 杂志 (zaap⁶ zi³)

  Dungan: заҗы (zažɨ)

  Hakka: 雜誌／杂志, 雜誌／杂志 (chha̍p-chṳ)

  Mandarin: 雜誌／杂志 (zh) (zázhì), 杂志 (zh) (zázhì)

  Min Dong: 雜誌／杂志 (căk-cé), 雜誌／杂志 (căk-cé)

  Min Nan: 雜誌／杂志 (zh-min-nan), 雜誌／杂志 (zh-min-nan) (cha̍p-chì)

  Wu: 雜誌／杂志 (⁸zeq-tsy), 杂志 (zeq tsr)

• Czech: časopis (cs) m, (colloquial) časák (cs) m
• Danish: tidsskrift (da) n, magasin (da) n
• Dutch: tijdschrift (nl) n, magazine (nl) n
• Erzya: шкалопа (škalopa)
• Esperanto: magazino (eo), revuo
• Estonian: ajakiri
• Finnish: aikakauslehti (fi)
• French: magazine (fr) m, revue (fr) f
• Galician: revista f
• Georgian: ჟურნალი (žurnali)
• German: Zeitschrift (de) f, Journal (de) n, Magazin (de) n
• Greek: περιοδικό (el) n (periodikó)
• Gujarati: પત્રિકા (patrikā), સામયિક n (sāmyik), મેગેઝિન (megejhin)
• Hausa: mujalla (ha)
• Hebrew: כְּתַב עֵת (he) m (k'tav et), מָגָזִין (magazin)
• Hindi: पत्रिका (hi) f (patrikā), मैगज़ीन f (maigzīn), रिसाला (hi) m (risālā)
• Hungarian: folyóirat (hu), magazin (hu)
• Icelandic: tímarit (is) n
• Ido: revuo (io)
• Indonesian: majalah (id)
• Interlingua: magazin
• Italian: rivista (it) f, periodico (it) m, rivista illustrata f, pubblicazione (it) f
• Japanese: 雑誌 (ja) (ざっし, zasshi), マガジン (ja) (magajin)
• Javanese: kalawarta, kalawarti
• Kalmyk: седкүл (sedkül)
• Kannada: ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕ (kn) (niyatakālika)
• Kazakh: журнал (kk) (jurnal)
• Khmer: ទស្សនាវដ្ដី (tŭəhsaʼnaavɑtdəy)
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• Korean: 잡지 (ko) (japji) (雜誌 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

• Kyrgyz: журнал (ky) (jurnal)
• Lao: ວາລະສານ (lo) (wā la sān)
• Latvian: žurnāls m
• Lithuanian: žurnalas m
• Luxembourgish: Zäitschrëft f
• Macedonian: списа́ние n (spisánie), ча́сопис m (čásopis)
• Malay: majalah
• Malayalam: മാസിക (ml) (māsika)
• Maori: pukapuka maheni, maheni
• Mongolian: сэтгүүл (mn) (setgüül), ᠰᠡᠳᠬᠦᠯ (sedkül)
• Nepali: पत्रिका (ne) (patrikā)
• Norwegian: tidsskrift (no), magasin
• Pashto: مجله f (moǰalá)
• Persian: مجله (fa) (majalle), ژورنال (fa) (žurnâl)
• Polish: czasopismo (pl) n, magazyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: revista (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਪਤ੍ਰਿਕਾ f (patrikā), ਰਿਸਾਲਾ m or f (risālā)
• Romanian: revistă (ro) f
• Russian: журна́л (ru) m (žurnál)
• Scottish Gaelic: iris f, ràitheachan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: часопис m, времепис m

  Roman: časopis (sh) m, vremepis m

• Shan: မႅၵ်ႈၵၸိၼ်း (mēk kǎ tsín)
• Sinhalese: සඟරාව (saⁿgarāwa)
• Slovak: časopis (sk) m
• Slovene: revija (sl) f
• Spanish: revista (es) f, magacín (es) m
• Swahili: jarida (sw)
• Swedish: tidskrift (sv) c, magasin (sv) n
• Tagalog: magasin
• Tajik: маҷалла (tg) (majalla), журнал (tg) (žurnal)
• Tamil: இதழ் (ta) (itaḻ)
• Telugu: పత్రిక (te) (patrika)
• Thai: นิตยสาร (nít-dtà-yá-sǎan)
• Tibetan: བརྙན་པར (brnyan par)
• Turkish: dergi (tr)
• Turkmen: jurnal
• Ukrainian: журна́л (uk) m (žurnál), (dialectal) часо́пис m (časópys)
• Urdu: میگزین f (megzīn)
• Uyghur: ژۇرنال (zhurnal)
• Uzbek: jurnal (uz)
• Vietnamese: tạp chí (vi) (雜誌)
• Walloon: rivuwe (wa) f
• Welsh: cylchgrawn (cy) m
• Yiddish: זשורנאַל m (zhurnal)
• Zazaki: pêserok m
• Zhuang: cabceiq

ammunition storehouse

• Arabic: مَخْزَن ذَخِيرَة عَسْكَرِيَّة (maḵzan ḏaḵīra ʿaskariyya)
• Burmese: ယမ်းကပ် (my) (yam:kap), မဂ္ဂဇင်း (my) (magga.jang:)
• Catalan: arsenal
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彈藥庫／弹药库 (zh) (dànyàokù), 弹药库 (zh) (dànyàokù)

• Czech: muniční sklad m
• Danish: magasin (da) n
• Dutch: magazijn (nl) n
• Estonian: magasin (et)
• Finnish: ammusvarasto (fi), makasiini (fi)
• French: arsenal (fr) m
• Galician: polvorín m
• Georgian: არტილერიის საწყობი (arṭileriis sac̣q̇obi), არსენალი (arsenali)
• German: Magazin (de) n, Munitionslager (de) n
• Greek: πυριτιδαποθήκη (el) f (pyritidapothíki)
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• Hindi: बारूदख़ाना m (bārūdxānā)
• Hungarian: lőszerraktár
• Ido: magazino (io)
• Italian: caricatore m
• Japanese: 弾薬庫 (だんやくこ, dan'yakuko)
• Khmer: បង់កាំភ្លើង (bɑng kampləəng)
• Korean: 탄약고 (ko) (tanyakgo)
• Latvian: arsenāls m
• Macedonian: скла́диште n (skládište), стова́риште n (stovárište), магаци́н m (magacín)
• Maori: whare hāmanu
• Persian: انبار مهمات (anbâr-e mohemmât)
• Polish: skład amunicji
• Portuguese: paiol (pt) m
• Russian: склад боеприпа́сов m (sklad bojepripásov)
• Spanish: depósito (es) m, polvorín m, santabárbara (es) f

ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing

• Afrikaans: magasyn
• Arabic: خَزَّان الْبُنْدُقِيَّة (ḵazzān al-bunduqiyya)
• Catalan: carregador
• Cebuano: magasin
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彈倉／弹仓 (zh) (dàncāng), 弹仓 (zh) (dàncāng), 彈匣／弹匣 (zh) (dànxiá), 弹匣 (zh) (dànxiá)

• Czech: zásobník (cs) m
• Dutch: magazijn (nl) n
• Estonian: magasin (et)
• Finnish: makasiini (fi), lipas (fi)
• French: magasin (fr) m
• Georgian: მჭიდი (mč̣idi)
• German: Magazin (de) n
• Greek: γεμιστήρας (el) m (gemistíras)
• Hebrew: מחסנית (he) f (maḥsanít)
• Hungarian: tár (hu), tölténytár (hu)
• Icelandic: skothylkjahólf n
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• Ido: kartochuyo (io)
• Italian: caricatore m
• Japanese: 弾倉 (だんそう, dansō)
• Korean: 탄창 (ko) (tanchang)
• Latvian: magazīna f
• Macedonian: магаци́н m (magacín)
• Maori: kopa matā
• Norman: magasîn m
• Persian: خشاب (fa) (xešâb)
• Polish: magazynek (pl) m
• Portuguese: cartucho (pt) m
• Russian: магази́н (ru) m (magazín)
• Spanish: cargador (es) m
• Swedish: magasin (sv)
• Thai: ซองกระสุน (sɔɔng-grà-sǔn)
• Turkish: şarjör (tr)
• Ukrainian: магази́н (uk) m (mahazýn)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English magazine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡa.zin/

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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.

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Italian

Etymology

English magazine

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

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

   Synonym: rivista

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. department store (store containing many departments)

Synonyms

• loja de departamento

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Romanian

Noun

magazine n pl

1. plural of magazin