jeter

Inherited from Old French jeter, from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre.

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.te/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /ʃte/, /ʒe.te/
• Homophones: jetai, jeté, jetée, jetées, jetés, jetez

jeter

1. (transitive) to throw
2. (transitive) to throw away, to discard
   • 2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie:

     Et s'il me prend l'envie d' m'en aller, enferme-moi et jette la clé

     And if I feel like leaving, lock me up and throw away the key

3. (card games) to throw away, discard
4. (reflexive) to throw oneself (into, out of, etc.)

   L'Amazone se jette dans l'Océan Atlantique. ― The Amazon empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

5. (reflexive) to rush oneself

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

• lancer

• “jeter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• rejet

• geter

From Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre.

jeter

1. to throw

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: jeter
• Norman: j'ter (Jersey)
• →⇒ English: jet, jetsam, jut, jettison

jeter

1. genitive plural of jetra