Jet

Jet (countable and uncountable, plural Jets)

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

• tej

• IPA^(key): /jɛt/

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• Hyphenation: Jet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

A shortened form of either Henriëtte or Mariëtte.

Jet f

1. a female given name

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.

Jet n

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

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

Borrowed from English jet.

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛt/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ʒɛt/ (variant)
• IPA^(key): /tʃɛt/ (some speakers, chiefly southern)

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• Homophones: Jett, Chat (by the southern pronunciation)

Jet m (strong, genitive Jets, plural Jets)

1. (aircraft, slightly informal) jet plane

   Synonyms: (informal) Düsenjet; (common) Düsenflugzeug; (formal, technical) Strahlflugzeug

• jetten
• Kampfjet
• Jetpilot