English Explanatory Dictionary

magazine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
  2. A radio or television show where each episode comprises a variety of features or segments, akin to the format of a print magazine.
  3. An ammunition storehouse.
  4. The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.
  5. A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
  6. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
  7. A country or district especially rich in natural products.
  8. A city viewed as a marketing center.
  9. A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
  10. A collection of Teletext pages.
  11. An informal industrial area containing workshops for auto repairs, fitting, welding and spare parts sale.

Pronunciation

/mæɡ.əˈziːn/ /ˈmæɡ.ə.ziːn/ /mæɡ.əˈzin/ /ˈmæɡ.ə.zin/ En-us-magazine.ogg /meɪ̯ɡ.əˈzin/ /ˈmeɪ̯ɡ.ə.zin/ /ˈmaɡ.ə.zɪn/

Word forms

magazine magazines

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic خَزَنَ (ḵazana)der. Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan) Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin)bor. Italian magazzinoder. Middle French magasinder. Middle English magasyne English magazine From Middle English magasyne, from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). First attested in the 1580s.

Synonyms

powder magazine

Derived words

blogazine bookazine catazine digizine diskazine fagazine fanmag fanzine horrorzine intermagazine mag magalogue magazette magazinable magazination magazine book magazine camera magazine dress magazine folder magazineful Magazine Gap magazine gun magazineland magazineless magazinelet magazinelike magaziner magazine show magazine stove magazinette magazinification magazining magazinish magazinism magazinist magaziny mag book mook multimagazine nonmagazine promag ragazine webmag zine

Translations

Afrikaans: tydskrif Albanian: revistë Amharic: መጽሔት Arabic: مَجَلَّة Arabic: مَخْزَن ذَخِيرَة عَسْكَرِيَّة Aragonese: rebiesta Armenian: ամսագիր Armenian: հանդես Armenian: ժուռնալ Aromanian: revistã Aromanian: rivistã Assamese: আলোচনী Azerbaijani: jurnal Azerbaijani: dərgi Bashkir: журнал Basque: aldizkari Belarusian: часо́піс Belarusian: журна́л Bengali: পত্রিকা Bulgarian: списа́ние Bulgarian: журна́л Bulgarian: склад за муни́ции Burmese: မဂ္ဂဇင်း Burmese: စာစောင် Burmese: ကျည်ကပ် Burmese: ယမ်းကပ် Buryat: сэдьхүүл Buryat: журнал Catalan: revista Catalan: arsenal Cebuano: rebista Cebuano: magasin Chechen: журнал Chinese Cantonese: 雜誌 /杂志 Chinese: заҗы Chinese: 雜誌 /杂志 Eastern Min Chinese: 雜誌 /杂志 Hakka Chinese: 雜誌 /杂志 Chinese Mandarin: 雜誌 /杂志 Chinese Mandarin: 彈藥庫 /弹药库 Wu Chinese: 雜誌 /杂志 Chuvash: журнал Czech: časopis Czech: časák Czech: muniční sklad Danish: tidsskrift Danish: magasin Dhivehi: މަޖައްލާ Dutch: tijdschrift Dutch: magazine Dutch: magazijn Erzya: шкалопа Esperanto: magazino Esperanto: revuo Esperanto: magazeno Estonian: ajakiri Estonian: magasin Finnish: aikakauslehti Finnish: ammusvarasto Finnish: makasiini French: magazine French: revue French: arsenal Fula: 𞤴𞤫𞥅𞤴𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤫 Fula: 𞤶𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤲𞥋𞤣𞤫 Fula: yaayirde Fula: jaaynde Galician: revista Galician: polvorín Georgian: ჟურნალი Georgian: არტილერიის საწყობი Georgian: არსენალი German: Zeitschrift German: Journal German: Magazin German: Illustrierte German: Munitionslager Greek: περιοδικό Greek: πυριτιδαποθήκη
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