Gazette

  • 21gazette — I. noun Etymology: French, from Italian gazetta Date: circa 1598 1. newspaper 2. an official journal 3. British an announcement in an official gazette II. transitive verb (gazetted; gazetting) …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22gazette — [17] If the Sun or the Mirror were called the 22p, they would be echoing the origins of the word gazette. In Renaissance Venice, a ‘newspaper’ was termed casually gazeta de la novita (gazeta for short), literally a ‘pennyworth of news’ – for a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23gazette — [[t]gəze̱t[/t]] gazettes 1) N IN NAMES: n N Gazette is often used in the names of newspapers. ...the Arkansas Gazette. 2) N COUNT: oft adj N In Britain, a gazette is an official publication in which information such as honours, public… …

    English dictionary

  • 24GAZETTE —     Relation des affaires publiques. Ce fut au commencement du dix septième siècle que cet usage utile fut inventé à Venise, dans le temps que l Italie était encore le centre des négociations de l Europe, et que Venise était toujours l asile de… …

    Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire

  • 25gazette — UK [ɡəˈzet] / US noun [countable] Word forms gazette : singular gazette plural gazettes 1) British an official newspaper that publishes lists of people in government, legal, military, or university jobs 2) used in the names of newspapers The… …

    English dictionary

  • 26gazette — /gazet/ The official publication of the English government, also called the London Gazette. It is evidence of acts of state, and of everything done by the Queen in her political capacity. Orders of adjudication in bankruptcy are required to be… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27gazette — /gazet/ The official publication of the English government, also called the London Gazette. It is evidence of acts of state, and of everything done by the Queen in her political capacity. Orders of adjudication in bankruptcy are required to be… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 28gazette — [17] If the Sun or the Mirror were called the 22p, they would be echoing the origins of the word gazette. In Renaissance Venice, a ‘newspaper’ was termed casually gazeta de la novita (gazeta for short), literally a ‘pennyworth of news’ – for a… …

    Word origins

  • 29gazette — n. & v. n. 1 a newspaper, esp. the official one of an organization or institution (University Gazette). 2 hist. a news sheet; a periodical publication giving current events. 3 Brit. an official journal with a list of government appointments,… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 30GAZETTE — n. f. écrit périodique contenant les nouvelles politiques, littéraires ou autres. On dit aujourd’hui JOURNAL. Il se dit aussi, figurément et familièrement, d’une Personne qui rapporte tout ce qu’elle entend dire. Cette femme est la gazette du… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)