gazzetta

Meaning

1. (feminine) gazette
2. (feminine) an old Venetian coin, equal to a halfpenny

Concepts

gazette

newspaper

📰

paper

journal

newsmonger

rumourmonger

rumormonger

gossip

gossiper

gossipmonger

Synonyms

giornale

📰

gazzettino

malalingua

abbaiatore

maldicente

mormoratore

pettegola

pettegolo

sparlatore

lingua lunga

malparlante

mal parlante

chiacchierone

mala lingua

comare

Translations

journal

gaceta

periódico

krant

📰

jornal

📰

εφημερίδα

diari

Zeitung

📰

gaseta

gazeta

folha

Tageszeitung

blad

periòdic

Hyphenated as

gaz‧zét‧ta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡadˈd͡zet.ta/

Etymology

Borrowed in the 17th century from Venetan gazeta (“newspaper”), from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta (halfpenny) of news”), named for the cost (one gazeta) of the newspaper.
The etymology of the coin’s name is disputed. Most likely, it is from Venetan garzia (1518), variant of carzie (“a coin of little value”) (dialectal Greek χαρξια (charxia)), ultimately from Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós, “copper, copper alloy”), itself probably ultimately a borrowing.
Traditionally it is usually considered a diminutive of Latin gāza (“treasure”) (as in Medieval Latin gazetum), from Ancient Greek γάζα (gáza), of Iranian origin, probably ultimately Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”) (compare Persian گنج (ganj)).
An alternative explanation derives it from German Kreuzer (“a small coin with a cross”), due to a cross on one of the coin’s faces.