Meaning

1 senses
  1. A magazine, normally produced by amateurs, intended for people who share a common interest.

    Fanzine

    фэнзи́нfɛnzín, додзинси́dodzinsí

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a magazine, normally produced by amateurs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a magazine, normally produced by amateurs:

Origin

Blend of fan + magazine. Coined by American chess player and SF fandom founder Russ Chauve

Blend of fan + magazine. Coined by American chess player and SF fandom founder Russ Chauvenet in the October 1940 edition of his own science fiction fanzine Detours, to replace the earlier fanmag.

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Forms

plural: fanzines
Singularfanzine
Pluralfanzines

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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