English Explanatory Dictionary

gazette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.
  2. An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.
verb
  1. To publish (something) in a gazette.
  2. To announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.
name
  1. A locality in the Shire of Moyne and the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia

Pronunciation

/ɡəˈzɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gazette.wav

Word forms

gazette gazettes gazetting gazetted

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.

Synonyms

gazetteer

Related words

dime novel penny dreadful

Derived words

appear in the Gazette gazettal gazetteer gazettement gazettist Gin and Gospel Gazette have one's name in the Gazette official gazette degazette
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