gazette
/ɡəˈzɛt/
gazette noun: a newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.
Noun
gazette (plural gazettes)
- A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.
- An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.
Verb
gazette (third-person singular simple present gazettes, present participle gazetting, simple past and past participle gazetted)
- To publish (something) in a gazette.
- To 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
Proper noun capitalized: Gazette
Gazette
- A locality in the Shire of Moyne and the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia
gazette meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
gazette in Hindi
- newspaper — see also newspaper
- राजपत्र rājpatra, गजेटियर gajeṭiyar, गैजेटियर gaijeṭiyar, गैजेट gaijeṭ
- official publication
- राजपत्र rājpatra
- to publish (something) in a gazette
- गैजेटेड gaijeṭeḍ
gazette in Tamil
- newspaper — see also newspaper
- செய்தித்தாள் ceytittāḷ
gazette in Marathi
- राजपत्र, राजपत्रण
gazette in Urdu
- gazette, journal
- اخبار axbār
More languagesFewer languages
- gazette in Bengali
- গেজেট gejeṭ
- gazette in Telugu
- గెజిట్, రాజపత్రము
- gazette in Malayalam
- ഔദ്യോഗിക പ്രസിദ്ധീകരണം, ഗസറ്റ്, സർക്കാർ പത്രിക, വാർത്താപത്രം
- gazette in Kannada
- ಗೆಜೆಟ್ಟು
- gazette in Punjabi
- ਗਜ਼ਟ
- gazette in Gujarati
- રાજપત્ર, ગેઝેટ, રાજપત્રણ
- gazette in Odia
- ଗେଜେଟ୍, ରାଜପତ୍ର, ଗେଜେଟ
- gazette in Nepali
- राज-पत्र, गजट
- gazette in Tagalog
- gaseta
- gazette in Malay
- warta
- gazette in Indonesian
- berita negara
Synonyms of gazette
Forms of gazette
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gazettes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gazettes |
| present participle | gazetting |
| past participle | gazetted |
| past | gazetted |
Origin of gazette
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.
Words formed from gazette
Phrases with gazette
Words that rhyme with gazette
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about gazette
- What does gazette mean?
- Gazette means a newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.
- What is gazette in Hindi?
- Gazette in Hindi is राजपत्र (rājpatra), गजेटियर (gajeṭiyar), गैजेटियर (gaijeṭiyar). See Gazette meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gazette?
- Gazette can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce gazette?
- Gazette is pronounced /ɡəˈzɛt/.
- What is the plural of gazette?
- The plural of gazette is gazettes.
Words near gazette in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gazette (page history and authors); Gazette (page history and authors); gazette (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اخبار (Urdu) (page history and authors); gazette (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gazette (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gazette (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gazette (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gazette (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gazette (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gazette (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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