different between magnate vs magnum

English

Etymology

Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magn?t?s, plural of magn?s, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæ?ne?t/, /?mæ?n?t/
• Homophone: magnet (/?mægn?t/)

Noun

magnate (plural magnates)

1. Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
   • 2014, Jennifer Hayward, The Magnate's Manifesto, Harlequin (?ISBN), page 2:

     With a suitable amount of life experience under her belt, she sat down and conjured up the sexiest, most delicious Italian wine magnate she could imagine, had him make his biggest mistake, and gave him a wife on the run.

   • 2015, Rod Judkins, The Art of Creative Thinking, Hachette UK (?ISBN)

     Sir Richard Branson is an English business magnate, best known as the founder of the multimillion-pound Virgin Group, which consists of more than four hundred companies.

2. A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.
   • 1839 November 2, "Brindley in Manchester", New Moral World, page 857.

Translations

Further reading

• magnate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• business magnate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Magenta, gateman, magenta, nametag

Italian

Etymology

From Latin magn?s.

Noun

magnate m (plural magnati)

1. magnate, tycoon, captain of industry

Anagrams

• magenta

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

magn?te

1. vocative singular of magn?tus

Middle English

Etymology

From Late Latin. Attested only in the plural in Middle English.

Noun

magnate (plural magnates)

1. a high official
   • c. 1438, John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes:

     reulers of the toun, Callid magnates

References

• “magn?t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??nate/, [ma???na.t?e]

Noun

magnate m (plural magnates, feminine magnata, feminine plural magnatas)

1. magnate, tycoon

Further reading

• “magnate” 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