magnum
See also: Magnum
English
Noun
magnum (plural magnums or magna)
- (wine) A bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle.
- A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
- A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre.
- 1971, Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, and Dean Riesner, quoted by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry:
- “I know what you're thinking: ’Did he fire six shots or only five?’ Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But, being this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: ’Do I feel lucky?’ Well, Do ya, punk?”
- 1971, Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, and Dean Riesner, quoted by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry:
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Finnish
Declension
Inflection of magnum (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | magnum | magnumit | |
genitive | magnumin | magnumien magnumeiden magnumeitten | |
partitive | magnumia | magnumeita magnumeja | |
illative | magnumiin | magnumeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | magnum | magnumit | |
accusative | nom. | magnum | magnumit |
gen. | magnumin | ||
genitive | magnumin | magnumien magnumeiden magnumeitten | |
partitive | magnumia | magnumeita magnumeja | |
inessive | magnumissa | magnumeissa | |
elative | magnumista | magnumeista | |
illative | magnumiin | magnumeihin | |
adessive | magnumilla | magnumeilla | |
ablative | magnumilta | magnumeilta | |
allative | magnumille | magnumeille | |
essive | magnumina | magnumeina | |
translative | magnumiksi | magnumeiksi | |
instructive | — | magnumein | |
abessive | magnumitta | magnumeitta | |
comitative | — | magnumeineen |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɡ.nɔm/
Noun
magnum m (plural magnums)
Further reading
- “magnum” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
magnum
Derived terms
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