Magnum
See also: magnum
English
Etymology
Shortening of Magnum Tonic Wine.
Noun
Magnum (plural Magnums)
- 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
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)
Declension
Declension of Magnum [feminine]
Further reading
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From the product of the same name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɡnʌm/
- Hyphenation: Mag‧num
Noun
Magnum (plural Magnum dem, quantified Magnum)
- 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): [ˈmaŋ.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaɲ.ɲum]
Proper noun
Magnum
- accusative singular of Magnus