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Webster 1913 Edition

Gazette

Ga-zette′

,
Noun.
[F.
gazette
, It.
gazzetta
, perh. from
gazetta
a Venetian coin (see
Gazet
), said to have been the price of the first newspaper published at Venice; or perh. dim. of
gazza
magpie, a name perh. applied to the first newspaper; cf. OHG.
agalstra
magpie, G.
elster
.]
A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.

Ga-zette′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gazetted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gazetting
.]
To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gazette

GAZETTE

,
Noun.
gazet'. A newspaper; a sheet or half sheet of paper containing an account of transactions and events of public or private concern, which are deemed important and interesting. The first gazette in England was published at Oxford in 1665. On the removal of the court to London, the title was changed to the London Gazette. It is now the official newspaper, and published on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

GAZETTE

,
Verb.
T.
gazet'. To insert in a gazette; to announce or publish in a gazette.

Definition 2024

gazette

gazette

See also: gâzette

English

Noun

gazette ‎(plural gazettes)

  1. A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; especially, the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.

Translations

Verb

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

  1. To publish in a gazette
  2. (Britain) to announce the status of in an official gazette. This pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.

Translations

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French

Etymology

From Italian gazzetta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡazɛt/

Noun

gazette f ‎(plural gazettes)

  1. gazette

Descendants

Etymology

1605; from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetian gazeta dele novità (17th cent.), named for the gazeta "halfpenny" (first minted 1539), diminutive of Latin gāza "treasure", from Ancient Greek γάζα ‎(gáza); see it for more. The Venetian gazeta (newspaper) cost a gazeta (coin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈzɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

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