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/ˈmæɡəˌzin/MA-guh-zeen
/ˈmæɡəˌzin/MA-guh-zeen

Meaningstorehouse, granary

Common meaning: a storehouse

Other meanings: a periodical

Journey through time

  1. Arabicmakhzan‘a storehouse’source
  2. Italianmagazzino‘a storehouse’source
  3. Old Frenchmagazinsource
  4. Englishmagazine‘a storehouse’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Arabic makhzan ‘storehouse, granary’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry MAGAZINE, p. 347 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • makhzan Arabic “storehouse, granary”

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