Magazine

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Hyphenation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Derived terms 2 French 2.1 Noun 3 German 3.1 Noun

English

Etymology

French magasin and Old French magazin "storehouse", borrowed from Italian magazzino, borrowed from Arabic مخازين (makhāzin), plural of مخزن (makhzan) "storehouse", derived from خزن (khazana) "store up".

Pronunciation

IPA	SAMPA
/ˌmæɡəˈzin/, /ˈmæɡəˌzin/	/%m{g@"zin/, /"m{g@%zin/

Hyphenation

mag·a·zine

Noun

magazine (plural: magazines)

1. A periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.
2. An ammunition storehouse.
3. Detachable ammunition holder enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed to a gun

Translations

• Dutch: tijdschrift n (1), magazine n (1), magazijn n (2,3)
• Estonian: ajakiri (1), magasin (2,3)
• Finnish: aikakauslehti (1), ammusvarasto (2), makasiini (2, 3), lipas (3)
• French: magazine f (1), revue f (1)
• German: Zeitschrift f (1), Magazin n (2, 3)
• Italian: rivista f (1)
• Latvian: žurnāls m (1), arsenāls m (2), magazīna f (3)
• Swedish: tidskrift, magasin (1)
• Romanian: revistă f (1)

Derived terms

• Zine

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French

Noun

magazine f

1. magazine (periodical publication)

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German

Noun

1. Plural of Magazin