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magazzino

warehouse

noun mah-gaht-TSEE-noh Less Common

Origin: Arabic makhazin (storehouses), plural of makhzan

Also means

department store

Usage Note

Magazzino primarily means a storage warehouse or stockroom: merce in magazzino (goods in stock). In older Italian and in some regional usage it also means a large retail shop or department store (grandi magazzini — department stores). The phrase avere qualcosa in magazzino means 'to have something in stock'.

Examples

"I prodotti sono conservati nel magazzino."

Natural Translation

The products are kept in the warehouse.

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