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Added 9 October 2026

jet

/ˈd͡ʒɛt/ symbol

In Latin: tullius Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Manem.

noun

A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.

verb

To spray out of a container.
To spray with liquid from a container.
Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.
To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion

adjective

Propelled by turbine engines.
jet airplane

Origin

Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, *jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar.

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