different between gazette vs galette

English

Etymology

1605; borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetian 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

gazette (plural gazettes)

1. A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; especially, the official journal published by the British government, containing legal and state notices.

Derived terms

• gazetteer
• have one's name in the Gazette

Translations

Descendants

• ? Kikuyu: ngath?ti
• ? Maori: k?hiti
• ? Swahili: gazeti

Verb

gazette (third-person singular simple present gazettes, present participle gazetting, simple past and past participle gazetted)

1. To publish in a gazette.
2. (Britain) To announce the status of in an official gazette. This pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.

Derived terms

• degazette

Translations

See also

• dime novel
• penny dreadful

French

Etymology

From Italian gazzetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.z?t/

Noun

gazette f (plural gazettes)

1. gazette

Descendants

Further reading

• “gazette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

West Flemish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gazette.

Noun

gazette f

1. newspaper (printed sheet published periodically)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French galette.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /???l?t/
• Hyphenation: ga?lette

Noun

galette (plural galettes)

1. A type of flat, round cake from France.
2. Clipping of Breton galette: a crêpe or pancake made with buckwheat flour, and often with a savoury filling, originally from Upper Brittany in France.

Hypernyms

• cake
• crêpe

Translations

Further reading

• galette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Feminine form of galet (“pebble; disk-shaped object”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.l?t/

Noun

galette f (plural galettes)

1. galette
2. (colloquial) dough, dosh, bread
3. (Louisiana) cookie
4. (Métis) bannock, frybread

Derived terms

• galette des rois

Descendants

• ? Catalan: galeta
• ? English: galette
• ? Spanish: galleta (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “galette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Alternative forms

• galaette (Guernsey)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

galette f (plural galettes)

1. (Jersey) cookie, biscuit
2. (Jersey) thrashing

   Synonyms: achouêmie, astitcheuse, brûlée, dêgêlée, êcaûffeuse, rosseteuse

Derived terms

• galette à vrai