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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic ????????? pl (ma??zin), plural of ???????? (ma?zan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from ??????? (?azana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mæ???zi?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mæ???zin/, /?mæ??zin/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• 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.
3. An ammunition storehouse.
4. A chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
5. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
6. (dated) A country or district especially rich in natural products.
7. (dated) A city viewed as a marketing center.
8. (dated) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
9. (television) A collection of Teletext pages.
   • 1983, Channels of Communications (volume 3, page 41)

     Most teletext "magazines" contain about 100 pages of information, typically including news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, video games, and stock prices.

   • 1984, Telecommunications (volume 18, page 89)

     The operator is able to build Teletext magazines of, typically, 100 pages per magazine, specify transmission times […]

Derived terms

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Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English magazine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?a.zin/

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. magazine (periodical publication)

   Synonyms: revue, périodique

Further reading

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

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

Portuguese

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. department store (store containing many departments)

   Synonym: loja de departamento

Romanian

Noun

magazine n pl

1. plural of magazin

English

Etymology

From Canterbury.

Pronunciation

Noun

canterbury (plural canterburys or canterburies)

1. A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.