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gazette

/ɡəˈzɛt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.61 in modern English

Syllables
gazette
IPA
/ɡəˈzɛt/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.

noun

An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.

verb

To publish (something) in a gazette.

Transitive verb

verb

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

British usage; Transitive verb

name

A locality in the Shire of Moyne and the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

gazettes (plural) gazettes (present, singular) gazetting (participle, present) gazetted (participle, past) gazetted (past)

Derived Forms

gazettal gazetteer gazettement gazettist degazette

Phrases

appear in the Gazette Gin and Gospel Gazette have one's name in the Gazette official gazette dime novel penny dreadful

Frequently Paired Words

dime novel penny dreadful

Synonyms

gazetteer

Rhymes With

get let set yet met forget bet net debt et upset threat

Questions

How do you pronounce gazette?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡəˈzɛt/.
What does gazette mean?
A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.
Where does gazette come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce gazette

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