jet

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Translations 1.1.3 Verb 1.1.4 Adjective 1.1.4.1 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Adjective 1.2.3.1 Translations 1.3 Derived terms 1.4 See also 1.5 References 2 Czech 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Conjugation 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.2.3 Related terms 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms

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[edit] 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.

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

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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 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.

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to 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

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jet (not comparable)

1. Propelled by turbine engines.

   jet airplane

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From Old French / French jet, jayet, Latin gagates after Greek Gagas, a town and river in Lycia.

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

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jet (plural jets)

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

   jet colour:

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jet (not comparable)

1. (color) Of a very dark black in colour.

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• Appendix:Colours

[edit] References

• “jet” in Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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[edit] Czech

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jet imperfective

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

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

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[edit] French

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• IPA: /dʒɛt/, SAMPA: /dZEt/

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jet m. (plural jets)

1. throw
2. spurt, spout

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• jeter