jet
French, noun/ʒɛ/
jet is spelled J-E-T (3 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,071st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jet is a French masculine noun meaning “throw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de jeter ou mouvement qu’on imprime à un corps en le jetant”.
What does jet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethrow
- 2
masculinespurt, spout, jet
noun
- 1
masculinejet (airplane)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de jeter ou mouvement qu’on imprime à un corps en le jetant. 2. Action de jeter à la mer une partie du chargement dont on veut se débarrasser pour une raison quelconque, par exemple pour sauver un navire. 3. Tout le poisson qui sera pris par le coup de filet. 4. Manière plus ou moins naturelle dont les mouvements, les plis d’une draperie sont rendus dans un tableau.
noun: 1. Aéronef à réaction.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of jet
- jets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jet?
- /ʒɛ/
- /dʒɛt/
- \ʒɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jet in French?
jet appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).