jet d'eau

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French jet d’eau (literally “jet of water”).

Pronunciation

(emulating French) IPA^(key): /ʒeɪ ˈdoʊ/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈdʒɛt ˈdoʊ/, (also) /ʒɛ-/, /-ˈdu/

Noun

jet d'eau (plural jets d'eau)

A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), used as an ornament in a garden or public place.
The fountain or pipe from which such a stream issues.

Translations

stream of water

Ottoman Turkish: فسقیه (fıskiye)
Turkish: fıskiye (tr)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “jet d'eau”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒɛ d‿o/

Noun

jet d’eau m (plural jets d’eau)

jet, spurt of water springing from a fountain
fountain issuing such jet
garden hose nozzle
watering device

Descendants

→ English: jet d'eau

References

“jet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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