magazine

magazine

See also: Magazine

English

The cover of the September 19, 1927, issue of Time, a weekly news magazine published in the United States.

Etymology

Borrowed 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæɡ.əˈziːn/, /ˈmæɡ.ə.ziːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: mag‧a‧zine

Noun

magazine (plural magazines)

1. A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
2. (military) An ammunition storehouse.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] 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.

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

      The cruiser blew up when a shell hit its magazine.

      • 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)‎, archived from the original on 7 November 2022, retrieved 6 November 2022, 28:10 from the start:

        Juneau was making good time with the other surviving U.S. Navy ships, despite her damage, when the I-26 spotted her and sent a salvo of Type 95 torpedoes in her direction. Passing between the Helena and San Francisco, some indication being they had actually been shot at the San Francisco and gone long because San Francisco was travelling significantly slower than expected, they nonetheless hit Juneau and detonated the ship's 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. (archaic) 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 […]

Derived terms

Derived terms

• magazette
• mag
• magazine dress
• magazine gun
• magazine stove
• newsmagazine
• zine

Descendants

• → Burmese: မဂ္ဂဇင်း (magga.jang:)
• → Cebuano: magasin
• → Dutch: magazine
• → French: magazine
• → Portuguese: magazine
• → Italian: magazine
• → Gujarati: મેગેઝિન (megejhin)
• → Hebrew: מגזין‎ (magazin)
• → Hindustani: मैगज़ीन (maigzīn) / میگزین‎ (megzīn)
• → Japanese: マガジン (magajin)
• → Shan: မႅၵ်ႈၵၸိၼ်း (mēk kǎ tsín)
• → Spanish: magacín
• → Turkish: magazin
• → Malay: magazin

Translations

periodical

Afrikaans: tydskrif (af) Albanian: revistë (sq) f Amharic: መጽሔት (mäṣḥet) Arabic: مَجَلَّة‎ f (majalla) Aragonese: rebiesta f Armenian: ամսագիր (hy) (amsagir), հանդես (hy) (handes), ժուռնալ (hy) (žuṙnal) Aromanian: revistã f, rivistã f Assamese: আলোচনী (alüsoni) Azerbaijani: jurnal (az), dərgi Bashkir: журнал (jurnal) Basque: aldizkari Belarusian: часо́піс (be) m (časópis), журна́л m (žurnál) Bengali: পত্রিকা (pôtrika) Bulgarian: списа́ние n (spisánie), журна́л (bg) m (žurnál) Burmese: မဂ္ဂဇင်း (my) (magga.jang:), စာစောင် (my) (cacaung), ကျည်ကပ် (my) (kyanykap) Buryat: сэтгүүл (setgüül), журнал (žurnal) Catalan: revista (ca) f Cebuano: rebista, magasin Chechen: журнал (žurnal) Chinese: Cantonese: 雜誌, 杂志 (zaap6 zi3) Dungan: заҗы (zažɨ) Hakka: 雜誌, 雜誌 (chha̍p-chṳ) Mandarin: 雜誌／杂志 (zh) (zázhì) Min Dong: 雜誌, 雜誌 (căk-cé) Min Nan: 雜誌 (zh-min-nan), 雜誌 (zh-min-nan) (cha̍p-chì) Wu: 雜誌, 杂志 (zeq tsr) Chuvash: журнал (žurnal) Czech: časopis (cs) m, (colloquial) časák (cs) m Danish: tidsskrift (da) n, magasin (da) n Dhivehi: މަޖައްލާ‎ (majallā) Dutch: tijdschrift (nl) n, magazine (nl) n Erzya: шкалопа (škalopa) Esperanto: magazino (eo), revuo Estonian: ajakiri (et) Finnish: aikakauslehti (fi) French: magazine (fr) m, revue (fr) f Fula: Adlam: 𞤴𞤫𞥅𞤴𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤫‎, 𞤶𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤲𞥋𞤣𞤫‎ Roman: yaayirde, jaaynde Galician: revista f Georgian: ჟურნალი (žurnali) German: Zeitschrift (de) f, Journal (de) n, Magazin (de) n, Illustrierte (de) f Greek: περιοδικό (el) n (periodikó) Gujarati: પત્રિકા (patrikā), સામયિક n (sāmyik), મેગેઝિન (megejhin) Hausa: mujalla (ha) Hebrew: כְּתַב עֵת‎ (he) m (k'tav et), מָגָזִין‎ (magazin) Hindi: पत्रिका (hi) f (patrikā), मैगज़ीन f (maigzīn), रिसाला (hi) m (risālā) Hungarian: folyóirat (hu), magazin (hu) Icelandic: tímarit (is) n Ido: revuo (io) Indonesian: majalah (id) Interlingua: magazin Italian: rivista (it) f, periodico (it) m, rivista illustrata f, pubblicazione (it) f Japanese: 雑誌 (ja) (ざっし, zasshi), マガジン (ja) (magajin) Javanese: kalawarta, kalawarti Kalmyk: седкүл (sedkül) Kannada: ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕ (kn) (niyatakālika) Kashubian: cządnik m Kazakh: журнал (kk) (jurnal) Khmer: ទស្សនាវដ្ដី (tŭəhsaʼnaavɑtdəy) Korean: 잡지(雜誌) (ko) (japji) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kovar (ku), govar (ku), magazîn (ku) Kyrgyz: журнал (ky) (jurnal) Lao: ວາລະສານ (lo) (wā la sān) Latvian: žurnāls m Lithuanian: žurnalas m Luxembourgish: Zäitschrëft f Macedonian: списание n (spisanie), часопис m (časopis) Malay: majalah (ms) Malayalam: മാസിക (ml) (māsika) Maltese: rivista f Maori: pukapuka maheni, maheni Marathi: नियतकालिक (niyatkālik) Mongolian: Cyrillic: сэтгүүл (mn) (setgüül), журнал (mn) (žurnal) Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠳᠬᠦᠯ (sedkül), ᠿᠦᠷᠨᠠᠯ (žürnal) Nepali: पत्रिका (ne) (patrikā) Norwegian: Bokmål: tidsskrift (no) n, magasin n Nynorsk: tidsskrift (nn) n, magasin n Occitan: revista (oc) f Oriya: ପତ୍ରିକା (or) (pôtrika) Pashto: مجله‎ f (mojala) Persian: مجله‎ (fa) (majalle), ژورنال‎ (fa) (žurnâl) Plautdietsch: Zeitunk f Polish: czasopismo (pl) n, magazyn (pl) m Portuguese: revista (pt) f Punjabi: ਪਤ੍ਰਿਕਾ f (patrikā), ਰਿਸਾਲਾ m or f (risālā) Romanian: revistă (ro) f Russian: журна́л (ru) m (žurnál) Scottish Gaelic: iris f, ràitheachan m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ча̏сопӣс m, (please verify) времепис m Roman: čȁsopīs (sh) m, (please verify) vremepis m Shan: မႅၵ်ႈၵၸိၼ်း (mēk kǎ tsín) Sinhalese: සඟරාව (saⁿgarāwa) Slovak: časopis (sk) m Slovene: revȋja (sl) f Spanish: revista (es) f, magacín (es) m Swahili: jarida (sw) Swedish: tidskrift (sv) c, magasin (sv) n Tagalog: magasin Tajik: маҷалла (tg) (majalla), журнал (tg) (žurnal) Tamil: இதழ் (ta) (itaḻ) Tatar: журнал (jurnal) Telugu: పత్రిక (te) (patrika) Thai: นิตยสาร (th) (nít-dtà-yá-sǎan), วารสาร (th) (waa-rá-sǎan) Tibetan: བརྙན་པར (brnyan par), བརྙན་དེབ (brnyan deb), དུས་དེབ (dus deb) Tigrinya: መጽሔት (mäṣḥet) Turkish: dergi (tr) Turkmen: žurnal (tk) Ukrainian: журна́л (uk) m (žurnál), (dialectal) часо́пис m (časópys) Urdu: رِسالَہ‎ m (risāla), مَجَلَّہ‎ (majalla) Uyghur: ژۇرنال‎ (zhurnal) Uzbek: jurnal (uz) Vietnamese: tạp chí (vi) (雜誌) Walloon: rivuwe (wa) f Welsh: cylchgrawn (cy) m Yakut: сурунаал (surunaal) Yiddish: זשורנאַל‎ m (zhurnal) Zazaki: pêserok m Zhuang: cabceiq

ammunition storehouse

Arabic: مَخْزَن ذَخِيرَة عَسْكَرِيَّة‎ m (maḵzan ḏaḵīra ʿaskariyya) Bulgarian: склад за муни́ции m (sklad za munícii) Burmese: ယမ်းကပ် (my) (yam:kap), မဂ္ဂဇင်း (my) (magga.jang:) Catalan: arsenal Chinese: Mandarin: 彈藥庫／弹药库 (zh) (dànyàokù) Czech: muniční sklad m Danish: magasin (da) n Dutch: magazijn (nl) n Estonian: magasin (et) Finnish: ammusvarasto (fi), makasiini (fi) French: arsenal (fr) m Galician: polvorín (gl) m Georgian: არტილერიის საწყობი (arṭileriis sac̣q̇obi), არსენალი (arsenali) German: Magazin (de) n, Munitionslager (de) n Greek: πυριτιδαποθήκη (el) f (pyritidapothíki) Hindi: बारूदख़ाना m (bārūdxānā) Hungarian: lőszerraktár Ido: magazino (io) Italian: caricatore (it) m Japanese: 弾薬庫 (だんやくこ, dan'yakuko) Khmer: បង់កាំភ្លើង (bɑng kampləəng) Korean: 탄약고(彈藥庫) (ko) (tanyakgo) Latvian: arsenāls m Macedonian: складиште n (skladište), стовариште n (stovarište), магаци́н m (magacín) Maori: whare hāmanu Persian: انبار مهمات‎ (anbâr-e mohemmât) Polish: skład amunicji Portuguese: paiol (pt) m Russian: склад боеприпа́сов m (sklad bojepripásov) Spanish: depósito (es) m, polvorín m, santabárbara (es) f Tibetan: རྫས་ཁང (rdzas khang), གོ་མཛོད (go mdzod), གོ་མཛོད་ཁང (go mdzod khang) Turkish: cephanelik

ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing

Afrikaans: magasyn Arabic: خَزَّان الْبُنْدُقِيَّة‎ m (ḵazzān al-bunduqiyya) Belarusian: магазі́н m (mahazín), магазы́н m (mahazýn) Bulgarian: магази́н (bg) m (magazín) Catalan: carregador (ca) Cebuano: magasin Chinese: Mandarin: 彈倉／弹仓 (zh) (dàncāng), 彈匣／弹匣 (zh) (dànxiá) Czech: zásobník (cs) m Dutch: magazijn (nl) n Estonian: magasin (et) Finnish: patruunalipas, lipas (fi), makasiini (fi) French: magasin (fr) m Georgian: მჭიდი (mč̣idi) German: Magazin (de) n Greek: γεμιστήρας (el) m (gemistíras) Hebrew: מַחְסָנִית‎ (he) f (makhsanít) Hungarian: tár (hu), tölténytár (hu) Icelandic: skothylkjahólf n Ido: kartochuyo (io) Italian: caricatore (it) m Japanese: 弾倉 (ja) (だんそう, dansō) Korean: 탄창(彈倉) (ko) (tanchang) Latvian: magazīna f Macedonian: магаци́н m (magacín), шаржер m (šaržer) Maori: kopa matā Norman: magasîn m Persian: خشاب‎ (fa) (xešâb) Polish: magazynek (pl) m Portuguese: cartucho (pt) m Russian: магази́н (ru) m (magazín) Spanish: cargador (es) m Swedish: magasin (sv) Thai: ซองกระสุน (sɔɔng-grà-sǔn) Tibetan: མདེལ་ཤུབ (mdel shub) Turkish: şarjör (tr) Ukrainian: магази́н (uk) m (mahazýn)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English magazine. The neuter gender is due to magazijn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡəˌziːn/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ga‧zi‧ne

Noun

magazine n (plural magazines)

1. magazine (periodical publication)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English magazine, 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”). Doublet of magasin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡa.zin/

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Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. magazine (periodical publication)

   Synonyms: revue, périodique

Further reading

• “magazine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English magazine, from Middle French magasin, from Italian magazzino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡa.zin/, /ˈmɛ.ɡa.zin/, /ma.ɡaˈzin/[1]
• Rhymes: -aɡazin, -ɛɡazin, -in

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. magazine (publication, especially the supplement of a newspaper)

   Synonym: rivista

References

1. magazine in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

• magazine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Noun

magazine m (plural magazines)

1. department store (store containing many departments)

   Synonym: loja de departamento

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Romanian

Noun

magazine n pl

1. plural of magazin