"magnum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæɡnəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-magnum.wav Forms: magnums [plural], magna [plural]
Rhymes: -æɡnəm Etymology: From Latin magnum, neuter of magnus (“great”). * (bottle): Ellipsis of magnum bonum. * (handgun): Name registered 1935 by Smith & Wesson Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|magnum}} Latin magnum, {{sense|bottle}} (bottle):, {{ellipsis|en|magnum bonum}} Ellipsis of magnum bonum, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{sense|handgun}} (handgun): Head templates: {{en-noun|s|magna}} magnum (plural magnums or magna)
  1. A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle. Categories (topical): Wine bottles Translations (bottle): magnumpullo (Finnish), magnum [masculine] (French), Magnumflasche [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-magnum-en-noun-K0ceQHi8 Disambiguation of Wine bottles: 42 26 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 38 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of 'bottle': 100 0 0
  2. (firearms) A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet. Categories (topical): Firearms Translations (cartridge): Magnum [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-magnum-en-noun-oKcdEthF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 38 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 34 35 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry Disambiguation of 'cartridge': 0 63 36
  3. (by extension) A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-magnum-en-noun-Hc7H5JXr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 38 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 33 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 34 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: belted magnum, double magnum Related terms: bonum magnum, foramen magnum, magnum opus, opus magnum, os magnum

Inflected forms

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