magazine

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mæɡəˈzin/, /ˈmæɡəzin/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mæɡəˈziːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: mag‧a‧zine

Noun

magazine (plural magazines)

1. A periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.
2. An ammunition storehouse.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, lines 293–8, page 76–7:

     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.

Etymology

Borrowed from English magazine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡa.zin/

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Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. magazine (periodical publication)

Further reading

• “magazine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. department store (store containing many departments)

Noun

magazine n pl

1. plural of magazin