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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
Noun
Magnum f (genitive Magnum, plural Magnums or Magna)
- magnum
Declension
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)
- 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
Proper noun
Magnum
- accusative singular of Magnus