magnum
Syllables: mag·num/ˈmæɡnəm/
magnum noun: a bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
Noun (1)
magnum (plural magnums or magna)
- A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
- So please don’t ask me when / There may be wine and roses / And magnums of champagne2014, Leonard Cohen, “A Street”, in Popular Problems
- A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
- A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre.
- I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But, being as this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one...1971, Harry Julian Fink et al., Dirty Harry, spoken by Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)
Noun (2) capitalized: Magnum
Magnum (plural Magnums)
magnum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
magnum in Hindi
- मैगनम, मैग्नम
magnum in Tamil
- பெரிய
magnum in Marathi
- मॅगनम, मॅग्नम
magnum in Urdu
- بڑا شیشہ
More languagesFewer languages
- magnum in Bengali
- বড়
- magnum in Telugu
- మాగ్నమ్
- magnum in Malayalam
- മാഗ്നം
- magnum in Kannada
- ಮ್ಯಾಗ್ನಮ್
- magnum in Punjabi
- ਮੈਗਨਮ, ਮੈਗਨੱਮ
- magnum in Gujarati
- મેગ્નમ, મેગનમ
- magnum in Odia
- ମ୍ଯ଼ାଗ୍ନମ୍, ମ୍ଯ଼ାଗ୍ନମ
- magnum in Nepali
- म्यागनम, म्याग्नम
Examples of magnum in a sentence
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bonum magnum.
- As we all know, Joyce's magnum opi Ulysse and Finnegans Wake are commonly thought difficult and obscure.
- If the number of humans is infinite, you've got Shakespeare, politely cranking out his magnum opi.
Forms of magnum
| plural | magnums |
|---|---|
| plural | magna |
| plural | Magnums |
Origin of magnum
From Latin magnum, neuter of magnus (“great”). * (bottle): Ellipsis of magnum bonum. * (handgun): Name registered 1935 by Smith & Wesson Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Shortening of Magnum Tonic Wine.
Words formed from magnum
Phrases with magnum
Words that rhyme with magnum
Questions about magnum
- What does magnum mean?
- Magnum means a bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
- What is magnum in Hindi?
- Magnum in Hindi is मैगनम, मैग्नम. See Magnum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is magnum?
- Magnum is a noun.
- How do you pronounce magnum?
- Magnum is pronounced /ˈmæɡnəm/.
- What is the plural of magnum?
- The plural of magnum is magnums.
Words near magnum in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: magnum (page history and authors); Magnum (page history and authors); magnum (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magnum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); magnum (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magnum (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); magnum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); magnum (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magnum (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magnum (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magnum (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magnum (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magnum (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magnum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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