Magnum

See also: magnum

English

Etymology

Shortening of Magnum Tonic Wine.

Noun

Magnum (plural Magnums)

1. A bottle of Magnum Tonic Wine, a fermented mead drink popular among Jamaicans and other Caribbean peoples for its intoxicating effects, vitamins and use as a purported sexual stimulant. The drink is highly associated with dancehall music and Jamaican pop culture.

Anagrams

• Mangum

German

Etymology

Ultimatively from magnus.

Feminine gender could come from Flasche, Patrone.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Magnum f (genitive Magnum, plural Magnums or Magna)

1. magnum

Declension

Declension of Magnum [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Magnum	die	Magnums, Magna
genitive	einer	der	Magnum	der	Magnums, Magna
dative	einer	der	Magnum	den	Magnums, Magna
accusative	eine	die	Magnum	die	Magnums, Magna

Further reading

• “Magnum” in Duden online
• “Magnum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From the product of the same name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡnʌm/
• Hyphenation: Mag‧num

Noun

Magnum (plural Magnum dem, quantified Magnum)

1. A Magnum. A bottle of the popular fermented mead drink.
   • 2010, SPIN - Oct. 2010, page 62:

     “ […] collection of empty Guinness, Red Stripe, Magnum Tonic Wine, and Appleton Rum bottles filling a few tables out front. […] head and swivels her hips lazily next to a heavyset older man in a green Jamaican soccer jersey, a red Obama ski hat, […] ”

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Magnum

1. accusative singular of Magnus