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See also: gâzette and Gazette

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally a gazeta (halfpenny) of news), named for the cost (one gazeta) of the newspaper. Compare penny dreadful, dime novel. See gazzetta for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

gazette (plural gazettes)

  1. A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically. [from 1605]
  2. (law, often capitalized and italicized in legislations) An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kikuyu: ngathĩti
  • Maori: kāhiti
  • Swahili: gazeti

Translations

Verb

gazette (third-person singular simple present gazettes, present participle gazetting, simple past and past participle gazetted) (transitive)

  1. To publish (something) in a gazette.
  2. (UK) To announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.
    Synonym: gazetteer

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French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gazzetta.

Pronunciation

Noun

gazette f (plural gazettes)

  1. gazette

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West Flemish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gazette.

Noun

gazette f

  1. newspaper (printed sheet published periodically)

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