name · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɡəˈzɛt/
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rhymes with -ɛt
CMU ARPABET:G AH0 Z EH1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A locality in the Shire of Moyne and the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: often capitalized and italicized in legislations
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To publish (something) in a gazette.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gazetteer
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
a newspaper or official journal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: newspaper, paper
7
verb
Meaning 7
publish in a gazette
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: print, publish
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
տեղեկագիր
(teġekagir)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Bulgarian:
ве́стник
(véstnik)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Catalan:
gaseta
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Finnish:
sanomalehti
— newspaper — see also newspaper
German:
Gazette
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Greek:
γαζέττα
(gazétta)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Hindi:
राजपत्र
(rājpatra)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Hindi:
गजेटियर
(gajeṭiyar)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Hindi:
गैजेटियर
(gaijeṭiyar)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Hindi:
गैजेट
(gaijeṭ)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Ido:
jurnalo
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Italian:
gazzetta
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Latin:
acta diurna
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Latin:
acta
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Latin:
diurnum
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Maltese:
gazzetta
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Maltese:
ġurnal
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Māori:
kāhiti
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Polish:
gazeta
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Portuguese:
gazeta
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Romanian:
gazetă
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Russian:
газе́та
(gazéta)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Spanish:
gaceta
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Tagalog:
gaseta
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Tamil:
செய்தித்தாள்
(ceytittāḷ)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Turkish:
gazete
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Ottoman Turkish:
غزته
(gazeta, gazete)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Ottoman Turkish:
روزنامه
(ruzname)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Ottoman Turkish:
جریده
(ceride)
— newspaper — see also newspaper
Bengali:
গেজেট
(gejeṭ)
— official publication
Chinese Cantonese:
憲報 /宪报
(hin3 bou3)
— official publication
Chinese Mandarin:
公報 /公报
(gōngbào)
— official publication
Chinese Mandarin:
憲報 /宪报
(xiànbào)
— official publication
French:
gazette
— official publication
German:
Amtsblatt
— official publication
German:
Anzeiger
— official publication
Hindi:
राजपत्र
(rājpatra)
— official publication
Indonesian:
berita negara
— official publication
Japanese:
官報
(kanpō)
— official publication
Malay:
warta
— official publication
Maltese:
gazzetta
— official publication
Polish:
dziennik urzędowy
— official publication
Chinese Cantonese:
刊憲 /刊宪
(hon2 hin3)
— to publish (something) in a gazette
Chinese Mandarin:
刊憲 /刊宪
(kānxiàn)
— to publish (something) in a gazette
Georgian:
გაზეთში გამოქვეყნება
(gazetši gamokveq̇neba)
— to publish (something) in a gazette
Georgian:
გაზეთში დაბეჭდვა
(gazetši dabeč̣dva)
— to publish (something) in a gazette
Hindi:
गैजेटेड
(gaijeṭeḍ)
— to publish (something) in a gazette
Māori:
kāhiti
— to publish (something) in a gazette
Russian:
печа́тать в газе́те
(pečátatʹ v gazéte)
— to publish (something) in a gazette
Russian:
напеча́тать в газе́те
(napečátatʹ v gazéte)
— to publish (something) in a gazette
Russian:
опублико́вывать в газе́те
(opublikóvyvatʹ v gazéte)
— to publish (something) in a gazette
Russian:
опубликова́ть в газе́те
(opublikovátʹ v gazéte)
— to publish (something) in a gazette
