magasin
French, noun/ma.ɡa.zɛ̃/
magasin is spelled M-A-G-A-S-I-N (7 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written French, the 2,172nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magasin is a French masculine noun meaning “shop, store” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entrepôt, dépôt, réserve”.
What does magasin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshop, store
Near-synonym: boutique
- 2
masculinewarehouse, storehouse
- 3
masculinemagazine (repository of armaments)
- 4
masculinemagazine (part of a weapon)
- 5
masculinebarn
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entrepôt, dépôt, réserve. 2. Local où sont déposées des munitions et toutes sortes d’approvisionnements pour les armées. 3. Réceptacle, endroit où se loge une chose. 4. Boutique, lieu de vente de produits ou de denrées.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of magasin
- magasins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magasin?
- /ma.ɡa.zɛ̃/
- \ma.ɡa.zɛ̃\
- [œ̃ ma.ɡa.zɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magasin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magasin in French?
magasin appears 38 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).