magnum

See also: Magnum

English

Magnum bottle of Chimay bleue

Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum (3)

Etymology

From Latin magnum (“great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡnəm/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æɡnəm

Noun

magnum (plural magnums or magna)

1. A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
   • 2014, Leonard Cohen (lyrics and music), “A Street”, in Popular Problems:

     So please don’t ask me when / There may be wine and roses / And magnums of champagne

2. (firearms) A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
3. (by extension) A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre.
   • 1971, Harry Julian Fink et al., Dirty Harry, spoken by Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood):

     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 question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?

Derived terms

• belted magnum
• double magnum

 

Related terms

• foramen magnum
• magnum opus
• opus magnum
• os magnum

 

Translations

bottle

• Finnish: magnumpullo (fi)
• French: magnum (fr) m
• German: Magnumflasche f

cartridge

• German: Magnum (de) f

handgun

Further reading

• magnum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mangum

Finnish

Etymology

From English magnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɡnum/, [ˈmɑ̝ɡnum]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡnum
• Syllabification^(key): mag‧num

Noun

magnum

1. magnum (bottle size)
2. Ellipsis of magnumpullo (bottle)

Declension

Inflection of magnum (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		magnum	magnumit
genitive		magnumin	magnumien magnumeiden magnumeitten
partitive		magnumia	magnumeita magnumeja
illative		magnumiin	magnumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		magnum	magnumit
accusative	nom.	magnum	magnumit
	gen.	magnumin
genitive		magnumin	magnumien magnumeiden magnumeitten
partitive		magnumia	magnumeita magnumeja
inessive		magnumissa	magnumeissa
elative		magnumista	magnumeista
illative		magnumiin	magnumeihin
adessive		magnumilla	magnumeilla
ablative		magnumilta	magnumeilta
allative		magnumille	magnumeille
essive		magnumina	magnumeina
translative		magnumiksi	magnumeiksi
abessive		magnumitta	magnumeitta
instructive		—	magnumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of magnum (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative magnumini magnumini accusative nom. magnumini magnumini gen. magnumini genitive magnumini magnumieni magnumeideni magnumeitteni partitive magnumiani magnumeitani magnumejani inessive magnumissani magnumeissani elative magnumistani magnumeistani illative magnumiini magnumeihini adessive magnumillani magnumeillani ablative magnumiltani magnumeiltani allative magnumilleni magnumeilleni essive magnuminani magnumeinani translative magnumikseni magnumeikseni abessive magnumittani magnumeittani instructive — — comitative — magnumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative magnumisi magnumisi accusative nom. magnumisi magnumisi gen. magnumisi genitive magnumisi magnumiesi magnumeidesi magnumeittesi partitive magnumiasi magnumeitasi magnumejasi inessive magnumissasi magnumeissasi elative magnumistasi magnumeistasi illative magnumiisi magnumeihisi adessive magnumillasi magnumeillasi ablative magnumiltasi magnumeiltasi allative magnumillesi magnumeillesi essive magnuminasi magnumeinasi translative magnumiksesi magnumeiksesi abessive magnumittasi magnumeittasi instructive — — comitative — magnumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative magnumimme magnumimme accusative nom. magnumimme magnumimme gen. magnumimme genitive magnumimme magnumiemme magnumeidemme magnumeittemme partitive magnumiamme magnumeitamme magnumejamme inessive magnumissamme magnumeissamme elative magnumistamme magnumeistamme illative magnumiimme magnumeihimme adessive magnumillamme magnumeillamme ablative magnumiltamme magnumeiltamme allative magnumillemme magnumeillemme essive magnuminamme magnumeinamme translative magnumiksemme magnumeiksemme abessive magnumittamme magnumeittamme instructive — — comitative — magnumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative magnuminne magnuminne accusative nom. magnuminne magnuminne gen. magnuminne genitive magnuminne magnumienne magnumeidenne magnumeittenne partitive magnumianne magnumeitanne magnumejanne inessive magnumissanne magnumeissanne elative magnumistanne magnumeistanne illative magnumiinne magnumeihinne adessive magnumillanne magnumeillanne ablative magnumiltanne magnumeiltanne allative magnumillenne magnumeillenne essive magnuminanne magnumeinanne translative magnumiksenne magnumeiksenne abessive magnumittanne magnumeittanne instructive — — comitative — magnumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative magnuminsa magnuminsa accusative nom. magnuminsa magnuminsa gen. magnuminsa genitive magnuminsa magnumiensa magnumeidensa magnumeittensa partitive magnumiaan magnumiansa magnumeitaan magnumejaan magnumeitansa magnumejansa inessive magnumissaan magnumissansa magnumeissaan magnumeissansa elative magnumistaan magnumistansa magnumeistaan magnumeistansa illative magnumiinsa magnumeihinsa adessive magnumillaan magnumillansa magnumeillaan magnumeillansa ablative magnumiltaan magnumiltansa magnumeiltaan magnumeiltansa allative magnumilleen magnumillensa magnumeilleen magnumeillensa essive magnuminaan magnuminansa magnumeinaan magnumeinansa translative magnumikseen magnumiksensa magnumeikseen magnumeiksensa abessive magnumittaan magnumittansa magnumeittaan magnumeittansa instructive — — comitative — magnumeineen magnumeinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• magnumpullo

 

French

Etymology

From Latin magnum (“great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡ.nɔm/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

magnum m (plural magnums)

1. (wine) a bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle

Further reading

• “magnum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.num/, [ˈmäŋnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲ.ɲum/, [ˈmäɲːum]

Adjective

magnum

1. inflection of magnus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Derived terms

• magnum opus