magazine
See also: Magazine
English
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The cover of the September 19, 1927, issue of Time, a weekly news magazine published in the United States.
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)
- A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
- 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.
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- A chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
- A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
- (dated) A country or district especially rich in natural products.
- (dated) A city viewed as a marketing center.
- (dated) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- magazine dress
- magazine gun
- magazine stove
Translations
periodical
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ammunition storehouse
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ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ɡa.zin/
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Further reading
- “magazine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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