# jet
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒɛt/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar.

#### Noun

jet (plural jets)
* A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
** 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:In the floor of the valley the line passes hills of fantastic shape, like sleeping camels and inverted washbasins, and you can see the beautiful lakes Naivasha and Elementeita; at Eburru jets of steam spurt out of the ground.
* A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
* (aviation) A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
* An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
** A turbine.
** A rocket engine.
* A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
* (physics) A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
* (dated) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
* (printing, dated) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

##### Derived terms

* autem jet
* biojet
* bizjet
* blue jet
* Bussard ramjet
* counterjet
* dijet
* electrojet
* fanjet
* fighter jet
* gas jet
* gigantic jet
* helijet
* hoverjet
* hydrojet
* inkjet
* jet age
* jet ant
* jetbead
* jet bead
* jet belt
* jet black
* jet blast
* jetboat
* jet boat
* jetboater
* jet-borne
* jet bridge
* jetcar
* jet cocoon
* jetcopter
* jet d'eau
* jet dryer
* jetevator
* jetfighter
* jet fighter
* jetfoil
* jet fuel
* jetful
* jet injector
* jetiquette
* jet jockey
* jet lag
* jet-lagged
* jetless
* jetlike
* jetline
* jetliner
* jet liner
* jet-liner
* jetload
* jet machine
* jetness
* jet off
* jet-pack
* jet pack
* jet pipe
* jetport
* jet propellant
* jet-propelled
* jetset
* jet set
* jet-setter
* jet setter
* jet-setting
* jet setting
* jet shoe
* jet-ski
* jet ski
* jet stream
* jet sweep
* jettable
* jetter
* jetty
* jetware
* jet-wash, jetwash
* jetway
* jumbojet
* jumbo jet
* jump jet
* microjet
* minijet
* monojet
* motorjet
* multijet
* outjet
* overjet
* propjet
* prop-jet
* pulsejet
* pulse jet
* pump-jet
* quadjet
* radio jet
* ramjet
* Rayleigh jet
* regional jet
* rejet
* resistojet
* resisto-jet
* retrojet
* sand-jet
* scramjet
* social jet lag
* subjet
* superjet
* thermojet
* trijet
* turbojet
* twinjet
* upjet
* water jet
* Worthington jet

##### Translations
#### Verb

jet (third-person singular simple present jets, present participle jetting, simple past and past participle jetted)
* (intransitive) To spray out of a container.
* (transitive) To spray with liquid from a container.
    Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.
* (intransitive) To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
* (intransitive) To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
* To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
** 1724, Charles Johnson [pseudonym], “Of Captain Bartho[lomew] Roberts, and His Crew”, in A General History of the Pyrates, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, […], →OCLC, page 214:The Town has the outer Branch of the River behind it, and the Harbour before it, jetting into which latter are cloſe Keys for the weighing and receiving of Cuſtomage on Merchandize, and for the meeting and conferring of Merchants and Traders.
* To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
** c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:Why, lords, and think you not how dangerous It is to jet upon a prince’s right?
** c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him: how he jets under his advanced plumes!
* To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
** 1719, Richard Wiseman, Serjeant-Chirurgeon to King Charles II, Eight Chirurgical Treatises, London: B. Tooke et al., 5th edition, Volume 2, Book 5, Chapter 4, p. 78,
    A Lady was wounded down the whole Length of the Forehead to the Nose […] It happened to her travelling in a Hackney-Coach, upon the jetting whereof she was thrown out of the hinder Seat against a Bar of Iron in the forepart of the Coach.
* To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet
** 1970, Bill Fisher, How to Hotrod Volkswagen Engines‎, page 30:The cure is to jet the carburetor excessively rich so that the mixture will be correct at the top end, but this richens the curve throughout the RPM range.
* (slang, intransitive) To leave; depart.
    Gotta jet. See you tomorrow.
** 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 106:Pimp prolly jetted before the girl hit the ground good, and if Smoove was still standing on the porch when his brother got downstairs, he'd taken off with him.

##### Translations
#### Adjective

jet (not comparable)
* Propelled by turbine engines.
    jet airplane

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English get, geet, gete, from a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagate.

#### Noun

jet (countable and uncountable, plural jets)
* (mineralogy) A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
    Hypernyms: lignite, mineraloid
** 1735, [John Barrow], “JEAT”, in Dictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested. […], volume II (I–S), London: […] C[harles] Hitch and C[harles] Davis […], and S[amuel] Austen […], →OCLC:There is also a factitious jeat made of glaſs, in imitation of the mineral jeat.
* The colour of jet coal, deep grey.
    jet:

##### Alternative forms

* jeat (obsolete)
* jess

##### Derived terms

* jet-black

##### Descendants

* → German: Jett

##### Translations
#### Adjective

jet (comparative jetter or more jet, superlative jettest or most jet)
* Very dark black in colour.
    Synonym: jet-black
** 1901, Franklin Beech, The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student:All the direct blacks require working in strong baths to give anything like black shades; they all have, more or less, a bluish tone, which can be changed to a jetter shade by the addition of a yellow or green dye in small proportions, which has been done in one of the recipes given above.
** 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 23:She was an ash blonde with greenish eyes, beaded lashes, hair waved smoothly back from ears in which large jet buttons glittered.

##### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Colors

### Further reading

* “jet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* jet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* jet (gemstone) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Jet”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* tej

## Central Franconian
### Etymology

From Old High German iowiht, from io (“always”) + wiht (“thing”) << Proto-West Germanic *wihti.
Cognate with Middle Dutch iewet, iet (whence Limburgish get, contemporary Dutch iets), English aught.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛt/, /jət/

### Pronoun

jet (indefinite)
* (Ripuarian, northernmost Moselle Franconian) something; anything
    Luur ens, ich hann der jet metjebraht.Look, I’ve brought you something.

#### Synonyms

* eppes, ebbes (most of Moselle Franconian)

#### Antonyms

* nühs (nix)

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jěti, from Proto-Slavic *ěxati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɛt]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: jed
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Verb

jet impf
* to ride
* to go (by vehicle)

#### Usage notes

Jet is in the class of Czech concrete verbs. Its counterpart, jezdit, is an abstract verb.

#### Conjugation

infinitive
jet, jeti
active adjective
jedoucí
verbal noun
jetí
passive adjective
jetý
present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person
jedujedeme—jeďme
2nd person
jedešjedetejeďjeďte
3rd person
jedejedou——
future forms
singular
plural
1st person
pojedu
pojedeme
2nd person
pojedeš
pojedete
3rd person
pojede
pojedou
participlespast participlespassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate
jeljelijetjeti
masculine inanimate
jelyjety
feminine
jelajeta
neuter
jelojelajetojeta
transgressives
present
past
masculine singular
jeda—
feminine + neuter singular
jedouc—
plural
jedouce— :

#### Antonyms

* nejet

#### Derived terms

* dojet pf
* nadjet pf
* objet pf
* odjet pf
* podjet pf
* projet pf
* přejet pf
* přijet pf
* rozjet pf
* sjet pf
* ujet pf
* vjet pf
* zajet pf

#### Related terms

* dojezd
* nadjezd
* objezd
* podjezd
* rozjezd
* sjezd
* vjezd

### See also

* jezdit

### Further reading

* “jeti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “jeti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “jet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## French
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French get, giet, from a Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, an alteration of Latin iactus (“a throwing, throw”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Homophones: geai, j’ai (some speakers), jais

#### Noun

jet m (plural jets)
* throw
* spurt, spout, jet

##### Derived terms

* à un jet de pierre
* premier jet

##### Related terms

* jeter

##### Descendants

* → English: jet

#### Further reading

* “jet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English jet (airplane).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʒɛt/

#### Noun

jet m (plural jets)
* jet (airplane)

#### Further reading

* “jet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Friulian
### Noun

jet m (plural jets)
* bed

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English jet, from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛt/ [ˈd͡ʒɛt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -ɛt
* Syllabification: jet

### Noun

jet (plural jet-jet)
* jet:
** (physics) a collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
    Synonym: semburan
** (aviation) a type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
    Synonym: pesawat pancar gas

#### Derived terms

* jet darat
* jet latih
* jet pribadi
* jet radial
* jet siluman
* jet ski
* jet supersonik

### Further reading

* “jet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From a contamination of jot and etti.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈjet/, [ˈje̞d]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈjet/, [ˈje̞d̥]
* Rhymes: -et
* Hyphenation: jet

### Conjunction

jet
* (+ indicative) that
* (+ 1st infinitive) in order to

#### Synonyms

* (that): jot, etti, sto
* (in order to): jot, etti

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 104

## Marshallese
### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [tʲɛtˠ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /tʲɛtˠ/
* Bender phonemes: {jet}

### Determiner

jet
* few, a few others; several
* some

### Verb

jet
* spin

### Related terms

* jetjet

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
* "jet" in The Dictionary at Marshallese.org

## Middle English
### Noun

jet
* Alternative form of get (“jet”)

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin iactus.

### Noun

jet
* throw

#### Descendants

* Anglo-Norman: jet
* French: jet
** → English: jet

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French jet.

### Noun

jet n (plural jeturi)
* jet (of a gas of liquid)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝet/ [ˈɟ͡ʝet̪]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝet/ [ˈɟ͡ʝet̪]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃet/ [ˈʃet̪]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒet/ [ˈʒet̪]
* Rhymes: -et

### Noun

jet m (plural jets)
* jet

### Further reading

* “jet”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English jet

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒet/

### Noun

jet (definite accusative jeti, plural jetler)
* jet

## Tyap
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʒèd/

### Noun

jet (plural jét)
* cricket