magazine
Etymology
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Etymology
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").
Pronunciation- IPA: /mæɡ.əˈziːn/, /ˈmæɡ.ə.ziːn/
magazine (plural magazines)
- A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
- (attributive) Of a television show, having each episode comprised of a variety features or segments.
(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.
- A chamber in or attachable to 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.
- (archaic) A country or district especially rich in natural products.
- (archaic) A city viewed as a marketing center.
- (Louisiana) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
- (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
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