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• /ˈd͡ʒɛt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh1- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh1kt ~ *(H)ih1kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin iactus Vulgar Latin *iectus Old French get French jetbor. English jet 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.

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.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh1- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh1kt ~ *(H)ih1kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin iactus Vulgar Latin *iectus Old French get French jetbor. English jet Borrowed from French jet.

203 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: реакти́вен (reaktíven) — propelled by turbine engines
• French: à réaction — propelled by turbine engines
• Georgian: რეაქტიული (reakṭiuli) — propelled by turbine engines
• Greek: αεριωθούμενος (aeriothoúmenos) — propelled by turbine engines
• Italian: a reazione — propelled by turbine engines
• Macedonian: млазен (mlazen) — propelled by turbine engines
• Romanian: cu reacție — propelled by turbine engines
• Russian: реакти́вный (reaktívnyj) — propelled by turbine engines
• Serbo-Croatian: mlazni — propelled by turbine engines
• Spanish: a chorro — propelled by turbine engines
• Spanish: a propulsión — propelled by turbine engines
• Spanish: a reacción — propelled by turbine engines
• Swahili: rafadha — propelled by turbine engines
• Dutch: gitzwart — colour
• Dutch: pikzwart — colour
• Hungarian: koromfekete — colour
• Spanish: azabache — colour
• Swedish: kolsvart — colour
• Swedish: becksvart — colour
• Swedish: gagatsvart — colour
• Albanian: curril — stream of fluid
• Bulgarian: струя (struja) — stream of fluid
• Catalan: raig — stream of fluid
• Chuvash: йӑр (jăr) — stream of fluid
• Cornish: stif — stream of fluid
• Czech: proud — stream of fluid
• Czech: výtrysk — stream of fluid
• Danish: stråle — stream of fluid
• Dutch: straal — stream of fluid
• Finnish: suihku — stream of fluid
• French: jet — stream of fluid
• Galician: golfarón — stream of fluid
• Galician: callón — stream of fluid
• Galician: torno — stream of fluid
• Galician: cichón — stream of fluid
• Georgian: ნაკადი (naḳadi) — stream of fluid
• German: Strahl — stream of fluid
• Hebrew: סִילוֹן (silón) — stream of fluid
• Hindi: प्रवाह (pravāh) — stream of fluid
• Irish: scaird — stream of fluid
• Italian: getto — stream of fluid
• Japanese: 噴射 (funsha) — stream of fluid
• Japanese: 射出 (shashutsu) — stream of fluid
• Latin: tullius — stream of fluid
• Macedonian: млаз (mlaz) — stream of fluid
• Malay: pancutan — stream of fluid
• Polish: strumień — stream of fluid
• Polish: struga — stream of fluid
• Portuguese: jato — stream of fluid
• Romanian: jet — stream of fluid
• Russian: струя́ (strujá) — stream of fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: мла̑з — stream of fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: mlȃz — stream of fluid
• Spanish: chorro — stream of fluid
• Spanish: chorreón — stream of fluid
• Spanish: chorretada — stream of fluid
• Spanish: chorretón — stream of fluid
• Spanish: manguerazo — stream of fluid
• Swedish: stråle — stream of fluid
• Ukrainian: струмінь (struminʹ) — stream of fluid
• Bulgarian: дюза (djuza) — spout or nozzle
• Czech: tryska — spout or nozzle
• Czech: dýza — spout or nozzle
• Danish: dyse — spout or nozzle
• Faroese: strútur — spout or nozzle
• Faroese: dýsa — spout or nozzle
• Finnish: suutin — spout or nozzle
• French: gicleur — spout or nozzle
• Georgian: საქშენი (sakšeni) — spout or nozzle
• Georgian: ფრქვევანა (prkvevana) — spout or nozzle
• Georgian: სასხმი (sasxmi) — spout or nozzle
• Macedonian: мла́зник (mláznik) — spout or nozzle
• Macedonian: мла́зница (mláznica) — spout or nozzle
• Polish: dysza — spout or nozzle
• Portuguese: bocal — spout or nozzle
• Romanian: duză — spout or nozzle
• Romanian: ajutaj — spout or nozzle
• Russian: жиклёр (žikljór) — spout or nozzle
• Russian: па́трубок (pátrubok) — spout or nozzle
• Russian: форсу́нка (forsúnka) — spout or nozzle
• Serbo-Croatian: mlaznica — spout or nozzle
• Serbo-Croatian: sapnica — spout or nozzle
• Swedish: dysa — spout or nozzle
• Swedish: munstycke — spout or nozzle
• Arabic: مُحَرِّك نَفَّاث (muḥarrik naffāṯ) — engine
• Bulgarian: реактивен двигател (reaktiven dvigatel) — engine
• Chinese Cantonese: 噴氣機 /喷气机 (pan3 hei3 gei1) — engine
• Chinese Mandarin: 喷气发动机 (pēn qì fā dòng jī) — engine
• Esperanto: reaktoro — engine
• Finnish: suihkumoottori — engine
• Georgian: რეაქტიული ძრავა (reakṭiuli ʒrava) — engine
• Hebrew: מנוע סילון (mnv sylvn) — engine
• Japanese: ジェットエンジン (jettoenjin) — engine
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនយន្តហោះ (maasɨn-yŭən hɑh) — engine
• Korean: 제트 엔진 (jeteu enjin) — engine
• Macedonian: мла́зен по́гон (mlázen pógon) — engine
• Macedonian: мла́зен мо́тор (mlázen mótor) — engine
• Polish: silnik odrzutowy — engine
• Romanian: motor cu reacție — engine
• Russian: реакти́вный дви́гатель (reaktívnyj dvígatelʹ) — engine
• Serbo-Croatian: mlazni motor — engine
• Spanish: turborreactor — engine
• Swahili: mtambo — engine
• Swedish: jetmotor — engine
• Turkish: jet motoru — engine
• Turkish: jet makinesi — engine
• Vietnamese: động cơ phản lực — engine
• Bulgarian: жигльор (žigljor) — carburetor part
• Finnish: suutin — carburetor part
• French: gicleur — carburetor part
• Polish: dysza — carburetor part
• Romanian: jiclor — carburetor part
• Russian: жиклёр (žikljór) — carburetor part
• Armenian: գիշեր (gišer) — coal
• Armenian: գիշերաքար (gišerakʻar) — coal
• Armenian: սեւ սաթ (sew satʻ) — coal
• Armenian: սաթ (satʻ) — coal
• Breton: maen-jed — coal
• Bulgarian: черен кехлибар — coal
• Catalan: atzabeja — coal
• Catalan: gaieta — coal
• Cornish: men du — coal
• Czech: gagát — coal
• Finnish: gagaatti — coal
• French: jais — coal
• Galician: acibeche — coal
• Georgian: გიშერი (gišeri) — coal
• Georgian: სათი (sati) — coal
• German: Gagat — coal
• German: Jett — coal
• Hungarian: szurokszén — coal
• Italian: giaietto — coal
• Japanese: 黒玉 (kurotama) — coal
• Japanese: 貝褐炭 (baikatsutan) — coal
• Central Kurdish: شەوە (şewe) — coal
• Latin: gagates — coal
• Navajo: bááshzhinii — coal
• Persian: شبق (šabaq) — coal
• Polish: gagat — coal
• Portuguese: azeviche — coal
• Romanian: jais — coal
• Romanian: gagat — coal
• Russian: гага́т (gagát) — coal
• Slovak: gagát — coal
• Spanish: azabache — coal
• Swedish: gagat — coal
• Swedish: jet — coal
• Swedish: beckkol — coal
• Tagalog: asabatse — coal
• Thai: นิล (nin) — coal
• Turkish: Oltu taşı — coal
• Turkish: kara kehribar — coal
• Turkish: oksidiyon taşı — coal
• Welsh: muchudd — coal
• Bulgarian: смолисто черен (smolisto čeren) — colour
• Catalan: atzabegenc — colour
• Dutch: koolzwart — colour
• French: jais — colour
• French: noir de jais — colour
• Japanese: 漆黒 (shikkoku) — colour
• Persian: شبقی (šabaqi) — colour
• Spanish: azabache — colour
• Chinese: 射流 (shèliú) — math operation
• Chinese: 節 /节 — math operation
• Chuvash: йӑр (jăr) — math operation
• Chuvash: джет (džet) — math operation
• French: jet — math operation
• Japanese: ジェット — math operation
• Korean: 제트 (jeteu) — math operation
• Russian: струя (struja) — math operation
• Russian: джет (džet) — math operation
• Spanish: jet — math operation
• Ukrainian: струмінь (struminʹ) — math operation
• Arabic: دفق — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Bulgarian: струя (struja) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Bulgarian: бликам (blikam) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Chinese Mandarin: 噴出 /喷出 (pēnchū) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Chinese Mandarin: 噴 /喷 — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Cornish: stifa — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Czech: tryskat — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Finnish: purskauttaa — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Finnish: purskuttaa — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• French: jaillir — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Georgian: ჩქეფა (čkepa) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Georgian: ამოჩქეფა (amočkepa) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• German: spritzen — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Greek: αναβλύζω (anavlýzo) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Hebrew: קָלַח (qalákh) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Hungarian: spriccel — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Italian: zampillare — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Japanese: 噴出 (funshutsu suru) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Korean: 쏟아지다 (ssodajida) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Korean: 쏟다 (ssotda) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Māori: korowhiwhi — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Polish: wytrysnąć — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Portuguese: jorrar — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Romanian: ţâşni — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Russian: бры́згать (brýzgatʹ) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Russian: выбра́сывать (vybrásyvatʹ) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Russian: вы́бросить (výbrositʹ) — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Spanish: chorrear — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• Swedish: spruta — to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt
• German: jetten — to travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion