Jet

English

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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.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

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A MiG-17 jet.

Noun

Singular Jet

Plural {{{1}}}

Jet ({{{1}}})

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 class of airplane using jet engines rather than propellors.
4. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
5. A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
6. Template: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(bg) f. Dutch: straal nl(nl) f. Finnish: suihku fi(fi) French: jet fr(fr) m. German: Strahl de(de) m. Japanese: 噴射 (ふんしゃ, funsha),射出 (しゃしゅつ, shashutsu)

Macedonian: млаз mk(mk) (mlaz) m. Portuguese: jato pt(pt) m. Russian: струя ru(ru) (strujá) f. Serbian: mlaz sr(sr) m. Spanish: chorro es(es) m. Swahili: jeti sw(sw)

spout or nozzle

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

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

airplane

Bulgarian: реактивен самолет m. Dutch: straalvliegtuig n., straaljager nl(nl) Finnish: suihkukone fi(fi) French: jet fr(fr) m. Japanese: ジェット機 (じぇっとき, jettoki)

Macedonian: млазен авион mk(mk) (mlázen avión) m. Polish: odrzutowiec pl(pl) m. Russian: реактивный самолёт ru(ru) (reaktívnyj samoljót) m. Spanish: jet es(es) m. Swahili: jeti sw(sw)

engine

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

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

carburetor part

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

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

Verb

Infinitive to Jet

Third person singular jet

Simple past ing

Past participle -

Present participle t

to Jet (third-person singular simple present jet, present participle t, simple past and past participle ing)

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)

Positive Jet

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Propelled by turbine engines.

   jet airplane

Translations

propelled

Bulgarian: реактивен m. Macedonian: млазен mk(mk) (mlázen) m.

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

Singular Jet

Plural {{{1}}}

Jet ({{{1}}})

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

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

colour

Dutch: koolzwart n. French: jais fr(fr)

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

Adjective

Jet (not comparable)

Positive Jet

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Of a very dark black in colour.

Translations

colour

Dutch: gitzwart, pikzwart

Spanish: azabache es(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 jato 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:Colours

References

• Template:R:1913

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Verb

Template:Cs-verb

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

Conjugation

Template:Cs-conj-jet

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: /dʒɛt/, SAMPA: /dZEt/

Noun

Jet m. (plural Jets)

1. throw
2. spurt, spout

Related terms

• jeter

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