English Online Dictionary. What means gazette? What does gazette mean?
English
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
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈzɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
gazette (plural gazettes)
- A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically. [from 1605]
- (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)
- To publish (something) in a gazette.
- (UK) To announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.
- Synonym: gazetteer
Derived terms
- degazette
Translations
See also
- dime novel
- penny dreadful
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gazzetta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.zɛt/
Noun
gazette f (plural gazettes)
- gazette
Descendants
Further reading
- “gazette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
West Flemish
Etymology
Borrowed from French gazette.
Noun
gazette f
- newspaper (printed sheet published periodically)