eject
/ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/verb, noun
eject is spelled E-J-E-C-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, eject means “To compel (a person or persons) to leave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in eject?
| Letters | 5: E-J-E-C-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is eject?
Eject appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce eject?
- /ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/
As a noun (“an inferred object of someone else's consciousness”): /ˈiː.d͡ʒɛkt/.
Eject has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-eject.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-eject2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of eject
- ejects present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- ejecting participle, present
- ejected participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eject mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar.
- 2
To throw out or remove forcefully.
In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident.
- 3
USTo compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
- 4
To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
The pilot lost control of the plane and had to eject.
- 5
To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
Press that button to eject the video tape.
- 6
To unmount (a drive).
- 7
To come out of a machine.
I can't get this cassette to eject.
noun
- 1
an inferred object of someone else's consciousness
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eject in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | éjecter, expulser |
| German | auswerfen, ausweisen , rauswerfen , katapultieren , ausstoßen |
| Portuguese | expulsar , ejetar |
| Spanish | expulsar , eyectar , eyectarse |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does eject come from?
From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).