What does gazette mean?
Word: Gazette
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Gazette means a newspaper, especially an official one that prints government notices.
Word origin: Came through French and Italian from a word used in Venice.
How do you spell gazette?
Syllables: ga - zette
Tricky part: The short last sound hides what is written, so students leave out letters and put gazete, gazet or gazett.
Watch out for: gazete, gazet, gazett
Memory tip: Give it the full four-letter ending of kitchenette, and it will not fall short.
Gazette in a sentence
Example 1: The new school holidays were announced in the state gazette.
Example 2: The village library keeps old copies of the gazette in a steel cupboard.
Example 3: My grandfather was proud to see his name in the gazette when he joined the railway service.
Fun Fact
The London Gazette, first printed in 1665, is still published today and is often described as the oldest surviving English newspaper.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) vignette
b) gazzette
c) palette
d) cassette
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b) gazzette. The z in this word stands alone.
Back to the Roots
Choose the correct option:
Gazette goes back to a word used in Venice. What did that word name?
a) a town crier's bell
b) a long canal boat
c) a printer's ink pot
d) a small copper coin
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d) a small copper coin. Early news-sheets in Venice are said to have sold for one such coin, and the name passed to the paper.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
etzegat
a) a long list of all the words used in a book
b) a metal plate fixed to the door of an office
c) a paper that carries a state's public announcements
d) a large wooden box for sending goods by sea
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c) a paper that carries a state's public announcements. A state prints its notices in this kind of paper, and that is what the jumble spells.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
Every Friday the state gazette lists new appointments, exam dates and changes to the names of villeges.
a) 1
b) 0
c) 3
d) 2
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a) 1. Villages has an a in its second part; the rest of the sentence is correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a government gazette most likely to print?
a) a recipe for mango pickle
b) a new set of rules for shops
c) a comic strip about a cat
d) a crossword for young readers
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b) a new set of rules for shops
2. Many old newspapers have gazette in their names. What does this suggest the word was linked with?
a) farming and weather
b) sport and outdoor games
c) news and public information
d) songs and poetry
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c) news and public information
