Jet

See also: jet and jeț

English

Proper noun

Jet (countable and uncountable, plural Jets)

  1. (uncountable) A town in Oklahoma.
  2. (countable) A unisex given name.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɛt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Jet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

A shortened form of either Henriëtte or Mariëtte.

Proper noun

Jet f

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2

First attested as iaeth and iette in 1417. Borrowed from West Frisian Jeth, derived in turn from Old Frisian iet (“gap, hole”), referring here to a fishing hole or to a hole left by a levee failure.

Proper noun

Jet n

  1. A hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English jet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʒɛt/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ʒɛt/ (variant)
  • IPA(key): /tʃɛt/ (some speakers, chiefly southern)
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophones: Jett, Chat (by the southern pronunciation)

Noun

Jet m (strong, genitive Jets, plural Jets)

  1. (aircraft, slightly informal) jet plane
    Synonyms: (informal) Düsenjet; (common) Düsenflugzeug; (formal, technical) Strahlflugzeug

Declension
Declension of Jet [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Jet die Jets
genitive eines des Jets der Jets
dative einem dem Jet den Jets
accusative einen den Jet die Jets

Derived terms
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