Borrowed from Middle French magasin, from Italian magazzino, ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن, plural of مَخْزَن ("storeroom, storehouse"), noun of place from خَزَنَ ("to store, to stock, to lay up").

• IPA: /mæɡ.əˈziːn/, /ˈmæɡ.ə.ziːn/

magazine (plural magazines)

1. A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
   1. (attributive) Of a television show, having each episode comprised of a variety features or segments.
2. (military) An ammunition storehouse.

   Synonyms: powder magazine

   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC ↗, pages 76–77 ↗, lines 293–8:

     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.

   1. (nautical) The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.

      The cruiser blew up when a shell hit its magazine.

3. A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
4. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
5. (archaic) A country or district especially rich in natural products.
6. (archaic) A city viewed as a marketing center.
7. (Louisiana) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
8. (television, UK, Ireland) A collection of Teletext pages.
   • 1983, Channels of Communications, volume 3, page 41:

     Most teletext "magazines" contain about 100 pages of information, typically including news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, video games, and stock prices.

   • 1984, Telecommunications, volume 18, page 89:

     The operator is able to build Teletext magazines of, typically, 100 pages per magazine, specify transmission times […]

• French: magazine, revue
• German: Zeitschrift, Journal, Magazin, Illustrierte
• Italian: rivista, periodico, rivista illustrata, pubblicazione
• Portuguese: revista
• Russian: журна́л
• Spanish: revista, magacín, magazín, magasín (nonstandard), magazine (Nicaragua)

• 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