# magnum
## English
### Etymology

From Latin magnum, neuter of magnus (“great”).
* (bottle): Ellipsis of magnum bonum.
* (handgun): Name registered 1935 by Smith & Wesson Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmæɡnəm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æɡnəm

### Noun

magnum (plural magnums or magna)
* 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
* (firearms) A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
* (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

* bonum magnum
* foramen magnum
* magnum opus
* opus magnum
* os magnum

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “magnum, n.$^1$”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “magnum (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Further reading

* magnum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Mangum

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English magnum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑɡnum/, [ˈmɑ̝ɡnum]
* Rhymes: -ɑɡnum
* Hyphenation: mag‧num

### Noun

magnum
* magnum (bottle size)
* Ellipsis of magnumpullo (bottle)

#### Declension

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

* magnumpullo

## French
### Etymology

From Latin magnum (“great”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɡ.nɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

magnum m (plural magnums)
* (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 Latin) IPA: /ˈmaɡ.num/, [ˈmäŋnʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmaɲ.ɲum/, [ˈmäɲːum]

### Adjective

magnum
* inflection of magnus:
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
** accusative masculine singular

#### Derived terms

* magnum opus