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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌmæɡəˈziːn/, /ˈmæɡəˌziːn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|magasin|t=warehouse, depot]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[der|it|magazzino|t=storehouse]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) [[der|ar|مخازن|tr=makhāzin|t=storehouses]], plural of ''makhzan'' “storehouse”,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from ''khazana'' “to store up”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster gives the route through Old Occitan instead of Italian.^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A storehouse or warehouse for goods (1583).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 1590s the word specialized to a store of arms and gunpowder for an army.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) From about 1640 it was used figuratively in book titles for a “storehouse” of information,^(RHWU) and in 1731 ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' gave it its sense of a periodical with miscellaneous writings.^(RHWU)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) The firearm sense, the chamber holding cartridges, dates from 1868.^(Etymonline) The original sense “warehouse” is now almost obsolete.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1583 – a storehouse, a warehouse.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1589 – the contents of a military store.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1596 – a store for gunpowder and explosives.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * about 1640 – used figuratively in book titles.^(RHWU)

+ * 1731 – a periodical, ''The Gentleman's Magazine''.^(RHWU)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1868 – the cartridge chamber of a repeating rifle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A periodical publication containing articles, stories and pictures.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A storeroom for ammunition and explosives, as in a fort or warship.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A compartment in a firearm holding cartridges to be fed into the chamber.^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A compartment in a camera or other apparatus holding a supply of film or material.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A radio or television programme of short items on various topics.^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}