jetty
A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the restA part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
» The jetty has some slats missing.
Auf dem Steg fehlen einige Latten.
Meaning
6 sensesA part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
Erker, Auskragung, Vorkragung
э́ркерérker
(broadly)A structure of stone or wood which extends into a river or sea to protect a bank, beach, harbour, etc., from currents or tides; a breakwater.
Damm, Mole, Wellenbrecher
молmol, волноре́зvolnoréz, волноло́мvolnolóm
молmol, хвилерізxvyleriz
a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
(broadly)A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
(broadly)A natural piece of land projecting into a body of water; a peninsula, a promontory.
(broadly)In full air jetty: synonym of jet bridge (“an elevated, usually enclosed, corridor connecting an airport to an aeroplane for embarking and disembarking crew and passengers”).
(broadly, obsolete)Synonym of bulwark (“a defensive rampart or wall”).
Examples
4 sentencesThe jetty has some slats missing.
deAuf dem Steg fehlen einige Latten.
We ate a waffle on the jetty.
A young couple were watching the sunset from the jetty.
deEin junges Paar betrachtete den Sonnenuntergang von der Mole aus.
They walked to the end of the jetty and sat down, their feet dangling above the water.
deSie gingen bis zum Ende des Stegs, und da saßen sie dann und ließen die Beine über dem Wasser baumeln.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Late Middle English gete, jette, jetti (“projecting upper storeyThe noun is derived from Late Middle English gete, jette, jetti (“projecting upper storey of a building, overhang; breakwater, pier, jetty”), from Anglo-Norman geté, getee, getté, and Middle French geté, getee, jeté (“projecting upper storey of a building; breakwater, pier”) (modern French jetée), a noun use of the past participle of geter, jeter, from Old French geter, jeter (“to throw”) from Late Latin iectāre, the present active infinitive of iectō (“to throw”), probably from Latin iactō (“to cast, hurl, throw”), from iaciō (“to cast, hurl, throw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”)) + -tō (frequentative suffix). Compare jet (“(obsolete) protruding part”), jutty.
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