Pronunciation 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.
- 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.
- French: magazine, revue
- German: Zeitschrift, Journal, Magazin
- Italian: rivista, periodico, rivista illustrata, pubblicazione
- Portuguese: revista
- Russian: журна́л
- Spanish: revista, magacín
- French: arsenal
- German: Magazin, Munitionslager
- Italian: caricatore
- Portuguese: paiol
- Russian: склад боеприпасы
- Spanish: depósito, polvorín, santabárbara
- French: magasin
- German: Magazin
- Italian: caricatore
- Portuguese: cartucho
- Russian: магази́н
- Spanish: cargador
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