gazette

[ guh-zet ]

noun

1. a newspaper (now used chiefly in the names of newspapers):

   The Phoenix Gazette.

2. Chiefly British. an official government journal containing lists of government appointments and promotions, bankruptcies, etc.

verb (used with object)

, ga·zet·ted, ga·zet·ting.

1. Chiefly British. to publish, announce, or list in an official government journal.

gazette

/ ɡəˈzɛt /

noun

1. 1. a newspaper or official journal
   2. ( capital when part of the name of a newspaper )

      the Thame Gazette

2. an official document containing public notices, appointments, etc gaz

verb

1. tr to announce or report (facts or an event) in a gazette

Other Words From

• unga·zetted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gazette¹

1595–1605; < French < Italian gazzetta < Venetian gazeta, originally a coin (the price of the paper), diminutive of gaza magpie

Word History and Origins

Origin of gazette¹

C17: from French, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetian dialect gazeta news-sheet costing one gazet, small copper coin, perhaps from gaza magpie, from Latin gaia, gaius jay

Related Words

• periodical