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magazine

noun · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌmæɡəˈziːn/ without æ-raising before /ɡ/
  • [ˌmæɡəˈzɪi̯n] without æ-raising before /ɡ/
  • /ˈmæɡəˌziːn/ without æ-raising before /ɡ/
  • [ˈmæɡəˌzɪi̯n] without æ-raising before /ɡ/
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  • /ˌmeɪ̯ɡəˈziːn/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • [ˌmeɪ̯ɡəˈzɪi̯n] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • /ˈmeɪ̯ɡəˌziːn/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • [ˈmeɪ̯ɡəˌzɪi̯n] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • rhymes with -iːn
  • rhymes with -ɪn (South Asia)
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE1 G AH0 Z IY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.

A radio or television show where each episode comprises a variety of features or segments, akin to the format of a print magazine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An ammunition storehouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: powder magazine

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An ammunition storehouse.

The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war

Examples

  • The cruiser blew up when a shell hit its magazine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: powder magazine

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A country or district especially rich in natural products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A city viewed as a marketing center.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Louisiana

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A collection of Teletext pages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, historical

Topics: broadcasting, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

An informal industrial area containing workshops for auto repairs, fitting, welding and spare parts sale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Ghana

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply chamber

Narrower terms: pincurl clip

13

noun

Meaning 13

a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: powder store, powder magazine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store

14

noun

Meaning 14

product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tripped over a pile of magazines

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: product, production

15

noun

Meaning 15

a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cartridge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply chamber

16

noun

Meaning 16

a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: press, public press, publication

Narrower terms: colour supplement, comic book, news magazine, pulp, pulp magazine, slick, slick magazine, glossy, trade magazine

17

noun

Meaning 17

a business firm that publishes magazines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he works for a magazine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magazine publisher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

263 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tydskrif — periodical
  • Albanian: revistë — periodical
  • Amharic: መጽሔት (mäṣḥet) — periodical
  • Arabic: مَجَلَّة (majalla) — periodical
  • Aragonese: rebiesta — periodical
  • Armenian: ամսագիր (amsagir) — periodical
  • Armenian: հանդես (handes) — periodical
  • Armenian: ժուռնալ (žuṙnal) — periodical
  • Aromanian: revistã — periodical
  • Aromanian: rivistã — periodical
  • Assamese: আলোচনী (alüsoni) — periodical
  • Azerbaijani: jurnal — periodical
  • Azerbaijani: dərgi — periodical
  • Bashkir: журнал (jurnal) — periodical
  • Basque: aldizkari — periodical
  • Belarusian: часо́піс (časópis) — periodical
  • Belarusian: журна́л (žurnál) — periodical
  • Bengali: পত্রিকা (potrika) — periodical
  • Bulgarian: списа́ние (spisánie) — periodical
  • Bulgarian: журна́л (žurnál) — periodical
  • Burmese: မဂ္ဂဇင်း (magga.jang:) — periodical
  • Burmese: စာစောင် (cacaung) — periodical
  • Burmese: ကျည်ကပ် (kyanykap) — periodical
  • Buryat: сэдьхүүл (sedʹxüül) — periodical
  • Buryat: журнал (žurnal) — periodical
  • Catalan: revista — periodical
  • Cebuano: rebista — periodical
  • Cebuano: magasin — periodical
  • Chechen: журнал (žurnal) — periodical
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雜誌 /杂志 (zaap6 zi3) — periodical
  • Chinese: заҗы (zažɨ) — periodical
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 雜誌 /杂志 (căk-cé) — periodical
  • Hakka Chinese: 雜誌 /杂志 (chha̍p-chṳ) — periodical
  • Chinese: 雜誌 /杂志 (zh-min-nan) — periodical
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雜誌 /杂志 (zázhì) — periodical
  • Wu Chinese: 雜誌 /杂志 (8zeq-tsy) — periodical
  • Chuvash: журнал (žurnal) — periodical
  • Czech: časopis — periodical
  • Czech: časák — periodical
  • Danish: tidsskrift — periodical
  • Danish: magasin — periodical
  • Dhivehi: މަޖައްލާ (majallā) — periodical
  • Dutch: tijdschrift — periodical
  • Dutch: magazine — periodical
  • Erzya: шкалопа (škalopa) — periodical
  • Esperanto: magazino — periodical
  • Esperanto: revuo — periodical
  • Estonian: ajakiri — periodical
  • Finnish: aikakauslehti — periodical
  • French: magazine — periodical
  • French: revue — periodical
  • Fula: 𞤴𞤫𞥅𞤴𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤫 — periodical
  • Fula: 𞤶𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤲𞥋𞤣𞤫 — periodical
  • Fula: yaayirde — periodical
  • Fula: jaaynde — periodical
  • Galician: revista — periodical
  • Georgian: ჟურნალი (žurnali) — periodical
  • German: Zeitschrift — periodical
  • German: Journal — periodical
  • German: Magazin — periodical
  • German: Illustrierte — periodical
  • Greek: περιοδικό (periodikó) — periodical
  • Gujarati: પત્રિકા (patrikā) — periodical
  • Gujarati: સામયિક (sāmyik) — periodical
  • Gujarati: મેગેઝિન (megejhin) — periodical
  • Hausa: mujalla — periodical
  • Hebrew: כְּתַב עֵת (k'tav et) — periodical
  • Hebrew: מָגָזִין (magazin) — periodical
  • Hindi: पत्रिका (patrikā) — periodical
  • Hungarian: folyóirat — periodical
  • Hungarian: magazin — periodical
  • Icelandic: tímarit — periodical
  • Ido: revuo — periodical
  • Indonesian: majalah — periodical
  • Interlingua: magazin — periodical
  • Italian: rivista — periodical
  • Italian: periodico — periodical
  • Italian: rivista illustrata — periodical
  • Italian: pubblicazione — periodical
  • Japanese: 雑誌 (zasshi) — periodical
  • Japanese: マガジン (magajin) — periodical
  • Javanese: kalawarta — periodical
  • Javanese: kalawarti — periodical
  • Kalmyk: седкүл (sedkül) — periodical
  • Kannada: ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕ (niyatakālika) — periodical
  • Kashubian: cządnik — periodical
  • Kazakh: журнал (jurnal) — periodical
  • Khmer: ទស្សនាវដ្ដី (tŭəhsaʼnaavɑtdəy) — periodical
  • Korean: 잡지 (japji) — periodical
  • Northern Kurdish: kovar — periodical
  • Northern Kurdish: govar — periodical
  • Northern Kurdish: magazîn — periodical
  • Kyrgyz: журнал (jurnal) — periodical
  • Lao: ວາລະສານ (wā la sān) — periodical
  • Latvian: žurnāls — periodical
  • Lithuanian: žurnalas — periodical
  • Luxembourgish: Zäitschrëft — periodical
  • Macedonian: списание (spisanie) — periodical
  • Macedonian: часопис (časopis) — periodical
  • Malay: majalah — periodical
  • Malayalam: മാസിക (māsika) — periodical
  • Maltese: rivista — periodical
  • Māori: pukapuka maheni — periodical
  • Māori: maheni — periodical
  • Marathi: नियतकालिक (niyatkālik) — periodical
  • Mongolian: сэтгүүл (setgüül) — periodical
  • Mongolian: журнал (žurnal) — periodical
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠳᠬᠦᠯ (sedkül) — periodical
  • Mongolian: ᠿᠦᠷᠨᠠᠯ (řürnal) — periodical
  • Nepali: पत्रिका (patrikā) — periodical
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tidsskrift — periodical
  • Norwegian Bokmål: magasin — periodical
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tidsskrift — periodical
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: magasin — periodical
  • Occitan: revista — periodical
  • Odia: ପତ୍ରିକା (patrikā) — periodical
  • Pannonian Rusyn: часопис (časopis) — periodical
  • Pashto: مجله (mojala) — periodical
  • Persian: مَجَلَّه (majalla) — periodical
  • Persian: نَشْرِیَّه (našriyya) — periodical
  • Iranian Persian: مَجَلِّه (majalle) — periodical
  • Iranian Persian: ژورْنال (žurnâl) — periodical
  • Iranian Persian: نَشْرِیِه (našriye) — periodical
  • Plautdietsch: Zeitunk — periodical
  • Polish: czasopismo — periodical
  • Polish: magazyn — periodical
  • Portuguese: revista — periodical
  • Punjabi: ਪਤ੍ਰਿਕਾ (patrikā) — periodical
  • Punjabi: ਰਿਸਾਲਾ (risālā) — periodical
  • Romanian: revistă — periodical
  • Russian: журна́л (žurnál) — periodical
  • Scottish Gaelic: iris — periodical
  • Scottish Gaelic: ràitheachan — periodical
  • Serbo-Croatian: ча̏сопӣс — periodical
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȁsopīs — periodical
  • Shan: မႅၵ်ႈၵၸိၼ်း (mēk kǎ tsín) — periodical
  • Sinhalese: සඟරාව (sangarāwa) — periodical
  • Slovak: časopis — periodical
  • Slovene: revȋja — periodical
  • Spanish: revista — periodical
  • Spanish: magacín — periodical
  • Spanish: magazín — periodical
  • Spanish: magasín — periodical
  • Spanish: magazine — periodical
  • Swahili: jarida — periodical
  • Swedish: tidskrift — periodical
  • Swedish: magasin — periodical
  • Tagalog: magasin — periodical
  • Tajik: маҷалла (majalla) — periodical
  • Tajik: журнал (žurnal) — periodical
  • Tamil: இதழ் (itaḻ) — periodical
  • Tatar: журнал (jurnal) — periodical
  • Telugu: పత్రిక (patrika) — periodical
  • Thai: นิตยสาร (nít-dtà-yá-sǎan) — periodical
  • Thai: วารสาร (waa-rá-sǎan) — periodical
  • Tibetan: བརྙན་པར (brnyan par) — periodical
  • Tibetan: བརྙན་དེབ (brnyan deb) — periodical
  • Tibetan: དུས་དེབ (dus deb) — periodical
  • Tigrinya: መጽሔት (mäṣḥet) — periodical
  • Turkish: dergi — periodical
  • Turkmen: žurnal — periodical
  • Ukrainian: журна́л (žurnál) — periodical
  • Ukrainian: часо́пис (časópys) — periodical
  • Urdu: رِسالَہ (risāla) — periodical
  • Urdu: مَجَلَّہ (majalla) — periodical
  • Uyghur: ژۇرنال (zhurnal) — periodical
  • Uzbek: jurnal — periodical
  • Vietnamese: tạp chí — periodical
  • Walloon: rivuwe — periodical
  • Welsh: cylchgrawn — periodical
  • Yakut: сурунаал (surunaal) — periodical
  • Yiddish: זשורנאַל (zhurnal) — periodical
  • Zazaki: pêserok — periodical
  • Zhuang: cabceiq — periodical
  • Arabic: مَخْزَن ذَخِيرَة عَسْكَرِيَّة (maḵzan ḏaḵīra ʕaskariyya) — ammunition storehouse
  • Bulgarian: склад за муни́ции (sklad za munícii) — ammunition storehouse
  • Burmese: ယမ်းကပ် (yam:kap) — ammunition storehouse
  • Burmese: မဂ္ဂဇင်း (magga.jang:) — ammunition storehouse
  • Catalan: arsenal — ammunition storehouse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彈藥庫 /弹药库 (dànyàokù) — ammunition storehouse
  • Czech: muniční sklad — ammunition storehouse
  • Danish: magasin — ammunition storehouse
  • Dutch: magazijn — ammunition storehouse
  • Esperanto: magazeno — ammunition storehouse
  • Estonian: magasin — ammunition storehouse
  • Finnish: ammusvarasto — ammunition storehouse
  • Finnish: makasiini — ammunition storehouse
  • French: arsenal — ammunition storehouse
  • Galician: polvorín — ammunition storehouse
  • Georgian: არტილერიის საწყობი (arṭileriis sac̣q̇obi) — ammunition storehouse
  • Georgian: არსენალი (arsenali) — ammunition storehouse
  • German: Magazin — ammunition storehouse
  • German: Munitionslager — ammunition storehouse
  • Greek: πυριτιδαποθήκη (pyritidapothíki) — ammunition storehouse
  • Gujarati: દારૂખાનું (dārūkhānũ) — ammunition storehouse
  • Hindi: बारूदख़ाना (bārūdxānā) — ammunition storehouse
  • Hungarian: lőszerraktár — ammunition storehouse
  • Ido: magazino — ammunition storehouse
  • Italian: caricatore — ammunition storehouse
  • Japanese: 弾薬庫 (dan'yakuko) — ammunition storehouse
  • Korean: 탄약고 (tanyakgo) — ammunition storehouse
  • Latvian: arsenāls — ammunition storehouse
  • Macedonian: складиште (skladište) — ammunition storehouse
  • Macedonian: стовариште (stovarište) — ammunition storehouse
  • Macedonian: магаци́н (magacín) — ammunition storehouse
  • Māori: whare hāmanu — ammunition storehouse
  • Iranian Persian: اَنْبارِ مُهِمَّات (anbâr-e mohemmât) — ammunition storehouse
  • Polish: składnica amunicji — ammunition storehouse
  • Portuguese: paiol — ammunition storehouse
  • Russian: склад боеприпа́сов (sklad bojepripásov) — ammunition storehouse
  • Spanish: depósito — ammunition storehouse
  • Spanish: polvorín — ammunition storehouse
  • Spanish: santabárbara — ammunition storehouse
  • Tibetan: རྫས་ཁང (rdzas khang) — ammunition storehouse
  • Tibetan: གོ་མཛོད (go mdzod) — ammunition storehouse
  • Tibetan: གོ་མཛོད་ཁང (go mdzod khang) — ammunition storehouse
  • Turkish: cephanelik — ammunition storehouse
  • Afrikaans: magasyn — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Arabic: خَزَّان الْبُنْدُقِيَّة (ḵazzān al-bunduqiyya) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Arabic: مَخْزَن طَلَقَاتِ السِّلَاحِ (maḵzan ṭalaqāti s-silāḥi) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Belarusian: магазі́н (mahazín) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Belarusian: магазы́н (mahazýn) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Bulgarian: магази́н (magazín) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Bulgarian: пълнител (pǎlnitel) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Catalan: carregador — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Cebuano: magasin — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彈倉 /弹仓 (dàncāng) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彈匣 /弹匣 (dànxiá) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Czech: zásobník — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Dutch: magazijn — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Estonian: magasin — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Finnish: patruunalipas — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Finnish: lipas — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Finnish: makasiini — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • French: magasin — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Georgian: მჭიდი (mč̣idi) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • German: Magazin — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Greek: γεμιστήρας (gemistíras) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Hebrew: מַחְסָנִית (makhsanít) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Hungarian: tár — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Hungarian: tölténytár — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Icelandic: skothylkjahólf — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Ido: kartochuyo — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Italian: caricatore — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Japanese: 弾倉 (dansō) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Kazakh: оқжатар (oqjatar) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Korean: 탄창 (tanchang) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Latvian: magazīna — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Macedonian: магаци́н (magacín) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Macedonian: шаржер (šaržer) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Māori: kopa matā — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Norman: magasîn — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Iranian Persian: خِشاب (xešâb) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Polish: magazynek — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Portuguese: cartucho — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Russian: магази́н (magazín) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Spanish: cargador — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Spanish: magacín — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Swedish: magasin — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Thai: ซองกระสุน (sɔɔng-grà-sǔn) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Tibetan: མདེལ་ཤུབ (mdel shub) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Turkish: şarjör — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
  • Ukrainian: магази́н (mahazýn) — ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing
Real reading context

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