magasin

Meaning

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

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ma.ɡa.zɛ̃/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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

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