magnum
French, noun/maɡ.nɔm/
magnum is spelled M-A-G-N-U-M (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnum is a French masculine noun meaning “a bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Munition magnum”.
What does magnum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit de munitions dont la charge de poudre est élevée et dont la puissance est supérieure à celles de cartouches normales. 2. Se dit d’une arme à feu (pistolet, fusil) conçue pour tirer ces munitions.
noun: 1. Munition magnum. 2. Arme tirant ce type de munitions. 3. Grosse bouteille de champagne d’environ un litre et demi. 4. Grosse bouteille dont la contenance est en général le double d’une bouteille normale, soit 1,5 à 2 litres.
noun: 1. Sorte de pomme de terre.
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 magnum
- magnums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magnum?
- /maɡ.nɔm/
- \maɡ.nɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magnum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magnum in French?
magnum appears 1.8 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).