magasin

From English magazine, 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”).

• Hyphenation: ma‧ga‧sin

magasin

1. a periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.
2. a chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm
3. a reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus

For quotations using this term, see Citations:magasin.

Borrowed from French magasin.

• IPA^(key): /maɡasiːn/, [mɑɡ̊aˈsiːˀn]

magasin n (singular definite magasinet, plural indefinite magasiner)

1. store, storehouse, warehouse
2. department store
3. magazine (periodical, ammunition clip)

• (storehouse): lager, depot
• (department store): stormagasin
• (magazine, periodical): blad

From Old French maguesin, from Arabic مَخَازِن‎ (maḵāzin, “storerooms, storehouses”), plural of مَخْزَن‎ (maḵzan, “storeroom", "storehouse”), from خَزَنَ‎ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). Doublet of magazine. Compare English magazine, Portuguese armazém.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡa.zɛ̃/

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magasin m (plural magasins)

1. shop, store
2. magazine (repository of armaments, or part of a weapon)
3. (Louisiana) barn

• chargeur (part of a weapon)

• magasiner
• magasinage
• magasinier

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

• magnais

From Dutch magazijn, from French magasin, from Arabic مَخَازِن‎ (maḵāzin, “storerooms, storehouses”).

• IPA^(key): [maˈɡasɪn]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ga‧sin

magasin (plural magasin-magasin, first-person possessive magasinku, second-person possessive magasinmu, third-person possessive magasinnya)

1. magazine:
   1. an ammunition storehouse.
   2. a chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.

• “magasin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic مَخْزَن‎ (maḵzan, “storehouse”), via French magasin and Italian magazzino.

magasin n (definite singular magasinet, indefinite plural magasin or magasiner, definite plural magasina or magasinene)

1. a magazine (periodical; on a weapon)
2. a reservoir (for water)
3. a department store
4. a storehouse or warehouse

• tidsskrift (periodical)

• “magasin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Arabic مَخْزَن‎ (maḵzan, “storehouse”), via French magasin and Italian magazzino.

magasin n (definite singular magasinet, indefinite plural magasin, definite plural magasina)

1. a magazine (periodical; on a weapon)
2. a reservoir (for water)
3. a department store
4. a storehouse or warehouse

• tidsskrift (periodical)

• “magasin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.