gazette

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/ɡəˈzɛt/

noun

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.

Similar
gazetteer
OriginFrench gazette ← Italian gazzetta ← Venetan gazeta →
CommonFirst used 1605Scrabble 17
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Meanings

gazette1

noungazette (plural gazettes)

plural gazettes

  1. A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.First known use 1605
  2. often capitalized and italicized in legislationslawAn official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.
verbgazette (third-person singular simple present gazettes, present participle gazetting, simple past and past participle gazetted)

present singular third person gazettes · participle present gazetting · participle past gazetted · past gazetted

  1. transitiveTo publish (something) in a gazette.
  2. UKtransitiveTo announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.

    Benjamin had already been gazetted captain and Kopp was in process of being gazetted major.

    1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC

    Synonyms: gazetteer

Gazette2

proper noun
  1. A locality in the Shire of Moyne and the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.

Similar
gazetteer
Also see
gazetteer

Origin

  1. Venetangazeta
  2. Italiangazzetta
  3. Frenchgazette
  4. Englishgazette

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.

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Translations

Bengali গেজেট
  • গেজেট (gejeṭ)official publication
Bulgarian ве́стник
  • ве́стник (véstnik)newspaper — see also newspaper
Catalan gaseta
  • gasetanewspaper — see also newspaper
Chinese Cantonese 憲報 /宪报, 刊憲 /刊宪
  • 憲報 /宪报 (hin³ bou³)official publication
  • 刊憲 /刊宪 (hon² hin³)to publish (something) in a gazette
Chinese Mandarin 公報 /公报, 憲報 /宪报
  • 公報 /公报 (gōngbào)official publication
  • 憲報 /宪报 (xiànbào)official publication
  • 刊憲 /刊宪 (kānxiàn)to publish (something) in a gazette
Finnish sanomalehti
  • sanomalehtinewspaper — see also newspaper
French gazette
  • gazetteofficial publication
German Gazette, Amtsblatt
  • Gazettenewspaper — see also newspaper
  • Amtsblattofficial publication
  • Anzeigerofficial publication
Greek γαζέττα
  • γαζέττα (gazétta)newspaper — see also newspaper
Hindi राजपत्र, गजेटियर
  • राजपत्र (rājpatra)newspaper — see also newspaper
  • गजेटियर (gajeṭiyar)newspaper — see also newspaper
  • गैजेटियर (gaijeṭiyar)newspaper — see also newspaper
  • गैजेट (gaijeṭ)newspaper — see also newspaper
  • राजपत्र (rājpatra)official publication
  • गैजेटेड (gaijeṭeḍ)to publish (something) in a gazette
Indonesian berita negara
  • berita negaraofficial publication
Italian gazzetta
  • gazzettanewspaper — see also newspaper
Japanese 官報
  • 官報 (kanpō)official publication
Latin acta diurna, acta
  • acta diurnanewspaper — see also newspaper
  • actanewspaper — see also newspaper
  • diurnumnewspaper — see also newspaper
Malay warta
  • wartaofficial publication
Māori kāhiti, kāhiti
  • kāhitinewspaper — see also newspaper
  • kāhitito publish (something) in a gazette
Polish gazeta, dziennik urzędowy
  • gazetanewspaper — see also newspaper
  • dziennik urzędowyofficial publication
Portuguese gazeta
  • gazetanewspaper — see also newspaper
Romanian gazetă
  • gazetănewspaper — see also newspaper
Russian газе́та, печа́тать в газе́те
  • газе́та (gazéta)newspaper — see also newspaper
  • печа́тать в газе́те (pečátatʹ v gazéte)to publish (something) in a gazette
  • напеча́тать в газе́те (napečátatʹ v gazéte)to publish (something) in a gazette
  • опублико́вывать в газе́те (opublikóvyvatʹ v gazéte)to publish (something) in a gazette
  • опубликова́ть в газе́те (opublikovátʹ v gazéte)to publish (something) in a gazette
Spanish gaceta
  • gacetanewspaper — see also newspaper
Tagalog gaseta
  • gasetanewspaper — see also newspaper
Tamil செய்தித்தாள்
  • செய்தித்தாள் (ceytittāḷ)newspaper — see also newspaper
Turkish gazete
  • gazetenewspaper — see also newspaper

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gazette

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Cite this entry
APA

gazette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gazette

MLA

“gazette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gazette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gazette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gazette.

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