Gambetta

American

[gam-bet-uh, gahn-be-ta] / gæmˈbɛt ə, gɑ̃ bɛˈta /

noun

Léon 1838–82, French statesman.

Gambetta British

/ ɡɑ̃bɛta, ɡæmˈbɛtə /

noun

Léon (leɔ̃). 1838–82, French statesman; prime minister (1881–82). He organized resistance during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) and was a founder of the Third Republic (1871)

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Jay Gambetta, who oversees IBM’s research effort, shared a similar view in an earlier interview with Barron’s.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Gambetta knows this culture well: He headed the quantum effort for six years before rising to IBM Research’s top post in August.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

And after defeat by Prussia in 1871, Republican leader Léon Gambetta said: "When in France a citizen is born, he is born a soldier."

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

“There’s many examples, whether it’s in chemistry, whether it’s in materials, whether it’s in differential equations” that classical computers “just cannot do,” Gambetta said.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025

He entered the Senate in 1876 as a follower of Gambetta, and in December 1877 became minister of public works in the Dufaure cabinet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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