different between calibre vs magnum

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæl.?.b?/
• Hyphenation: cal?i?ber

Noun

calibre (countable and uncountable, plural calibres)

1. Alternative form of caliber

Usage notes

• More common than caliber in UK, etc

Related terms

• calibrate

Anagrams

• caliber

French

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (q?lib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lib?/

Noun

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. calibre

Descendants

Verb

calibre

1. first-person singular present indicative of calibrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of calibrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of calibrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of calibrer
5. second-person singular imperative of calibrer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ciblera

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /k??lib??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka??ib?i/

Noun

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. caliber / calibre (dimension)
2. gauge (mathematics, physics)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?lib?e/, [ka?li.???e]

Etymology 1

From French calibre.

Noun

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. calibre
2. calipers
3. jig, gauge (tool)

Derived terms

• calibrar

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: kalibre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

calibre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of calibrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of calibrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of calibrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of calibrar.

Further reading

• “calibre” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin magnum (“great”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæ?n?m/

Noun

magnum (plural magnums or magna)

1. A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
2. (firearms) A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
3. (by extension) A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre.

Derived terms

• belted magnum

Related terms

• magnum opus

Translations

Further reading

• magnum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mangum

Finnish

Noun

magnum

1. magnum (bottle size)
2. short for magnumpullo (bottle)

Declension

Compounds

• magnumpullo

French

Etymology

From Latin magnum (“great”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?.n?m/

Noun

magnum m (plural magnums)

1. (wine) A bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle.

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

magnum

1. nominative neuter singular of magnus
2. accusative masculine singular of magnus
3. accusative neuter singular of magnus
4. vocative neuter singular of magnus

Derived terms

• magnum opus