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

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[1].

magazine (plural magazines)

  1. A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
    1. (broadcasting) A radio or television show where each episode comprises a variety of features or segments, akin to the format of a print magazine.
      • 1977 April 16, “Emeralds for TV”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
        After several months' delay, The Emerald City, New York's hour-long gay television show, is on the air. In magazine format, the show offers interviews, gay news and commentary, visits to New York's entertainment spots and gay shows, and a bit of camping from George Sardi.
  2. (military) An ammunition storehouse.
    Synonym: powder magazine
    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, 28:10 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)‎[1], archived from the original on 7 November 2022:
        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. (Louisiana) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
  8. (historical, 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 […]
  9. (Ghana) An informal industrial area containing workshops for auto repairs, fitting, welding and spare parts sale.
    2019 August 27, Daniel Kenu, “Suame Magazine artisans appeal for support”, in Graphic Online‎[2]:
    At Magazine, thousands of artisans including fitters, welders and spare parts dealers work under harsh conditions.

periodical

ammunition storehouse

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

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “magazine (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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

magazine n (plural magazines, no diminutive)

  1. magazine (periodical publication)

From English magazine. Doublet of magasin.

magazine m (plural magazines)

  1. magazine (periodical publication)
    Synonyms: revue, périodique

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

magazine m (plural magazines)

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

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

magazine m (plural magazines)

  1. department store (store containing many departments)
    Synonym: loja de departamento

magazine n pl

  1. plural of magazin