jet

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From French jet, Old French get giet, Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”) from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut.

A MiG-17 jet.

Noun

jet (plural jets)

1. A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
2. A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
3. A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellors.
4. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
   1. A turbine.
   2. A rocket engine.
5. A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
6. (physics) A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.

Translations

stream of fluid

Bulgarian: струя (bg) f. Dutch: straal (nl) f. Finnish: suihku (fi) French: jet (fr) m. German: Strahl (de) m. Japanese: 噴射 (ふんしゃ, funsha),射出 (しゃしゅつ, shashutsu) Macedonian: млаз (mk) (mlaz) m.

Portuguese: jato (pt) m. Russian: струя (ru) (strujá) f. Serbian: mlaz (sr) m. Spanish: chorro (es) m. Swahili: jeti (sw) Swedish: stråle (sv) c.

spout or nozzle

Finnish: suutin (fi) French: gicleur (fr) Macedonian: млазник (mk) (mláznik) m., млазница (mk) (mláznica) f.

Russian: жиклёр (ru) (žikljór) m. Swahili: jeti (sw)

airplane

Bulgarian: реактивен самолет m. Chinese: Mandarin: 噴氣機 (zh), 喷气机 (zh) (pēnqìjī) Dutch: straalvliegtuig n., straaljager (nl) Finnish: suihkukone (fi) French: jet (fr) m. German: Jet (de) m., Düsenjet (de) m., Strahlflugzeug (de) n., Düsenflugzeug (de) n. Greek: αεριωθούμενο (el) (aeriothoumeno) n., τζετ (el) (tzet) n.

Japanese: ジェット機 (ja) (jetto-ki) Korean: 제트기 (ko) (jeteu-gi) Macedonian: млазен авион (mk) (mlázen avión) m. Polish: odrzutowiec (pl) m. Russian: реактивный самолёт (ru) (reaktívnyj samoljót) m. Spanish: jet (es) m. Swahili: jeti (sw)

engine

Finnish: suihkumoottori (fi) Macedonian: млазен погон (mk) (mlázen pógon) m., млазен мотор (mk) (mlázen mótor) m.

Russian: реактивный двигатель (ru) (reaktívnyj dvígatel’) m. Swahili: mtambo, (sw)

carburetor part

Finnish: suutin (fi) French: gicleur (fr) m.

Russian: жиклёр (ru) (žikljór) m. Swahili: jeti (sw)

Verb

jet (third-person singular simple present jets, present participle jetting, simple past and past participle jetted)

1. (intransitive) To spray out of a container.
2. (intransitive) To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
3. (intransitive) To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around

Adjective

jet (not comparable)

1. Propelled by turbine engines.

   jet airplane

Translations

propelled by turbine engines

Bulgarian: реактивен (bg) (reaktíven) Macedonian: млазен (mk) (mlázen) m. Russian: реактивный (ru) (reaktívnyj)

Spanish: a chorro, a propulsión, a reacción Swahili: rafadha (sw)

Etymology 2

From Old French / French jet, jayet, Latin gagates after Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagatēs) from Γάγας (Gagas, “a town and river in Lycia”).

Noun

jet (plural jets)

1. A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
2. The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

   jet colour:

Translations

coal

Armenian: գիշեր (hy) (gišer) Bulgarian: черен кехлибар m. Chinese: 瑿 Finnish: gagaatti (fi) French: jais (fr)

Georgian: გიშერი (ka) (gišeri) Japanese: 黒玉 (くろたま, kurotama), 貝褐炭 (ばいかつたん, baikatsutan) Portuguese: azeviche (pt) m. Russian: гагат (ru) (gagát) m. Spanish: azabache (es) m.

colour

Dutch: koolzwart n. French: jais (fr), noir de jais (fr)

Japanese: 漆黒 (しっこく, shikkoku) Spanish: azabache (es) m.

Adjective

jet (not comparable)

1. Of a very dark black in colour.

Translations

colour

Dutch: gitzwart, pikzwart

Spanish: azabache (es) m. and f.

Derived terms

Terms derived from all senses of jet

bubble-jet printer cool one's jets executive jet fanjet gas jet ink-jet printer jet-black jet boat jet engine jet fighter, fighter jet

jet lag jet off jet set jet stream, jetstream jet wash jet turbine jetbead jetfoil jetliner jetpack jetport jet-propelled

jetsam jetski, jet ski jetter jettison jetwash jumbo jet jump jet pulse jet ram jet, ramjet superjet trijet

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

• jet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ja(cha)ti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *i͡ā-.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /jɛt/
• Homophone: jed
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

jet imperfective

1. to ride
2. to go (by vehicle)

Conjugation

   Conjugation table (see also "Czech verbs" on Wikipedia)

	Present Sg	Present Pl	Future Sg	Future Pl	Past Sg	Past Pl
1st person	jedu	jedeme	pojedu	pojedeme	jel/jela jsem	jeli/jely jsme
2nd person	jedeš	jedete	pojedeš	pojedete	jel/jela jsi	jeli/jely jste
3rd person	jede	jedou	pojede	pojedou	jel/jela/jelo	jeli/jely/jela

Derived terms

• dojet
• nadjet
• podjet
• projet
• přejet
• objet
• rozjet
• ujet
• vjet
• zajet

Related terms

Related terms

jít - to go (by foot)

sjezd m. vjezd m. rozjezd m. podjezd m. nadjezd m. dojezd m. objezd m.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒɛ/, SAMPA: /ZE/

Noun

jet m. (plural jets)

1. throw
2. spurt, spout

Related terms

• jeter