jetty

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛti/, [-ɾi] Rhymes: -ɛti Hyphenation: jet‧ty === Etymology 1 === The 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. The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== jetty (plural jetties) (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below. Synonym: jutty (by extension) 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. Synonym: mole 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. Synonyms: jutty, (US) levee, quay Hypernym: landing place Coordinate term: landing stage A natural piece of land projecting into a body of water; a peninsula, a promontory. (aviation) 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”). (obsolete) Synonym of bulwark (“a defensive rampart or wall”). ===== Alternative forms ===== jettee (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== jetty (third-person singular simple present jetties, present participle jettying, simple past and past participle jettied) (transitive) (architecture) Sometimes followed by out: to construct (a part of a building) so that it jets or projects beyond the rest. (by extension) To provide (a riverbank, seashore, etc.) with a jetty (“breakwater; dock or wharf”) (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1 or etymology 1, noun sense 2.2). (intransitive) (architecture) Sometimes followed by out or over: of (a part of) a building: to jet or project beyond the rest of the building or other structures. Synonym: jutty (by extension) To provide a riverbank, seashore, etc., with a jetty (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1 or etymology 1, noun sense 2.2). ===== Derived terms ===== jettying (adjective, noun) jitty ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From jet (“(obsolete) protruding part, projection”, noun) or jet (“to jut, project, protrude”, verb) +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’). ==== Adjective ==== jetty (comparative more jetty, superlative most jetty) (obsolete, rare) Having the characteristic of jetting or jutting out; protruding. === Etymology 3 === From jet (“hard, black form of coal; colour of jet coal”, noun) +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’). ==== Adjective ==== jetty (comparative jettier, superlative jettiest) (archaic) Like jet (“a hard, black form of coal”) in colour; jet-black, pitch-black. Synonyms: coal black, tar-black (obsolete, rare) Having a composition like that of jet. ===== Derived terms ===== jettiness ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From jet (“(obsolete) to strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait”, verb) +‎ -y (suffix added for metrical reasons, or forming informal terms). ==== Verb ==== jetty (third-person singular simple present jetties, present participle jettying, simple past and past participle jettied) (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To move with haste. === References === === Further reading === jetty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia jettying on Wikipedia.Wikipedia jetty (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “jetty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.