Magazine

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mæɡəˈziːn/
• Hyphenation: mag + a + zine

Origin

Borrowing from frm magasin, from Italian magazzino ("storehouse"), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِنٌ (maḵāzin, "storerooms, storehouses"), plural of مَخْزَنٌ (maḵzan, "storeroom, storehouse"), from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, "to store, to stock, to lay up").

Full definition of magazine

Noun

1. A periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.
2. An ammunition storehouse.
• Miltonarmouries and magazines
3. A chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.

Derived terms

• magazine dress
• magazine gun
• magazine stove

Derived terms

• zine