noun, masculine/ma.ɡa.zɛ̃/plural: magasins
shop, store; warehouse, storehouse; magazine (repository of armaments); magazine (part of a weapon); barn
“Near-synonym: boutique”
Synonyms: boutique, chargeur, grange
Etymology tree Arabic خَزَنَ (ḵazana)der. Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan) Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin)bor. Italian magazzinobor.? Old French maguesin French magasin Inherited from Old French maguesin (“storeroom, storehouse”), either from a regional language (compare Medieval Latin magazenum as found in a contract allowing Marseillais merchants to build storehouses in ports of the Maghreb) or from Italian magazzino, from Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), from خ