jeté
French, noun/ʒə.te/
jeté is spelled J-E-T-É (4 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,746th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jeté is a French masculine noun meaning “jete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of jeter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des pas de danse”.
What does jeté mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejete
- 2
masculinestrip of fabric or embroidery which is used as an ornament in the direction of the length or width of a table or bed
- 3
masculineyarnover
verb
- 1
past participle of jeter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un des pas de danse. 2. Manière dont les plis d'un vêtement ou d'une draperie se disposent. 3. Bande d’étoffe ou de broderie que l’on met, en guise d’ornement, dans le sens de la longueur ou de la largeur d’une table ou d’un lit. 4. Brin jeté sur l’aiguille avant de prendre la maille du tricot, ce qui fait une maille de plus au rang suivant.
adjective: 1. Ivre, alcoolisé 2. (Bourgogne) Fou.
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 jeté
- jetés plural
- jetée feminine
- jetées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jeté?
- /ʒə.te/
- \ʒə.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jeté in French?
jeté appears 15 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).