Jet

See also: jet and jeț

English

Proper noun

Jet (countable and uncountable, plural Jets)

1. (uncountable) A town in Oklahoma.
2. (countable) A male given name.
3. (countable, rare) A female given name.

Anagrams

• tej

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛt/

• Audio:

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• 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:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• 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

• jetten
• Kampfjet
• Jetpilot