magasin

Signification

1. shop, store
2. warehouse, storehouse
3. magazine (repository of armaments)
4. magazine (part of a weapon)
5. barn

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ma.ɡa.zɛ̃/

Étymologie

Inherited from Old French maguesin, from Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). Doublet of magazine.

Phrases

Quand j'ai été au magasin , ils n'avaient pas de pommes .

When I went to the store, they didn't have apples.