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jet

/ʒɛ/

noun, masculine/ʒɛ/plural: jets

throw; spurt, spout, jet

Inherited from Old French get, giet, from a Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, an alteration of Latin iactus (“a throwing, throw”).

noun, masculine/dʒɛt/plural: jets

jet (airplane)

Borrowed from English jet (airplane).