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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

English

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808; see magnesium for more.

Noun

magnium (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) magnesium

Anagrams

• Mauming