different between gazette vs weekly

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

From Middle English wekely, weikly (adverb), equivalent to week +? -ly. Compare Dutch wekelijks (“weekly”), German wöchentlich (“weekly”), Danish ugentlig (“weekly”), Norwegian ukentlig (“weekly”), Icelandic vikulega (“weekly”), Swedish veckovis (“weekly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?k.li/
• Rhymes: -i?k.li
• Homophone: weakly

Adverb

weekly (not comparable)

1. Once every week.

2. Every week.

Synonyms

• hebdomadally

Derived terms

• biweekly
• semi-weekly
• twice-weekly
• twi-weekly

Translations

Adjective

weekly (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a week.
2. Happening once a week, or every week.

Synonyms

• hebdomadal

Translations

Noun

weekly (plural weeklies)

1. A publication that is published once a week.

Descendants

• Japanese: ?????? (w?kur?)

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