Phrase guide

jet pack

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A piece of equipment that may be strapped to a person’s back and generate vertical thrust by a downward discharge of jet fluid, thereby rendering the person capable of flight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: መብረሪያ ስንቅ (mäbräriya sənḳ) — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噴射背包 /喷射背包 (pēnshè bēibāo) — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火箭背包 (huǒjiàn bēibāo) — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Czech: raketový batoh — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Czech: jetpack — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Dutch: raketrugzak — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Dutch: jetpack — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Esperanto: rakettornistro — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Finnish: rakettireppu — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • French: réacteur dorsal — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • German: Raketenrucksack — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • German: Jetpack — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Hebrew: חגורת סילון — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Indonesian: perangkat jet — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Italian: zaino a razzo — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Italian: jet pack — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Macedonian: реакти́вен ра́нец (reaktíven ránec) — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Macedonian: ра́кетен ра́нец (ráketen ránec) — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Malay: pek jet — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Persian: جت پک — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Polish: jet pack — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Portuguese: propulsor a jato — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Portuguese: jetpack — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Russian: реакти́вный ра́нец (reaktívnyj ránec) — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Russian: раке́тный ра́нец (rakétnyj ránec) — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Russian: джетпа́к (džetpák) — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Serbo-Croatian: raketni pojas — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Slovene: raketni nahrbtnik — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Slovene: jet pack — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Spanish: mochila propulsora — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Swedish: ryggraket — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Swedish: jetpack — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Turkish: sırt roketi — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Turkish: roket çantası — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust
  • Ukrainian: реакти́вний ра́нець (reaktývnyj ránecʹ) — Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust