Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Propelled by turbine engines.

    jet airplane

    реакти́вныйreaktívnyj

  2. Very dark black in colour.

More definitions
  • of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

Examples

131 sentences
  1. Her son is a jet pilot.

    Її син - пілот реактивного літака. — brambury

    ruЕё сын - пилот реактивного самолёта. — odexed

  2. Tom has a private jet.

    У Тома є приватний літак. — deniko

    ruУ Тома есть личный самолет. — vinkara

    deTom hat einen Privatjet. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. The jet landed at Tokyo.

    ruСамолёт сел в Токио. — Biga

    deDer Jet landete in Tokyo. — Dejo

  4. I'm still suffering from jet lag.

    ruЯ всё ещё страдаю от смены часовых поясов. — odexed

    deIch leide immer noch am Jetlag. — Zaghawa

  5. Tom is suffering from jet lag.

    deTom leidet am Zeitzonenunterschied. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
propelled by turbine engines:

Origin

Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from V

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.

From Middle English get, geet, gete, from a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagate.

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Forms

jetter/more jet, jettest/most jet
Comparativejetter / more jet Lesson
Superlativejettest / most jet Lesson

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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