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Ⅰ.1 noun∎ to travel by jet voyager en jet ou en avion à réaction;∎ (water) jet (in whirlpool, bath etc) gicleur m(fighter, bomber) à réaction; (transport, travel) en avion (à réaction)∎ they jetted (over) to Paris for the weekend ils ont pris l'avion pour passer le week-end à Paris□(a) (transport by jet) transporter par avion (à réaction);∎ supplies are being jetted into or to the disaster area des avions apportent des vivres à la zone sinistrée(b) (direct → liquid) faire gicler►► Aviation jet-assisted take-off décollage m (avec fusées), JATO;jet engine moteur m à réaction;jet fuel kérosène m;Aviation jet plane avion m à réaction;jet propulsion propulsion f par réaction;familiar jet set jet-set m ou f;∎ he's part of the jet set now il fait partie du ou de la jet-set;jet stream jet-stream m, courant-jet m;jet trail traînée f de condensationarriver par avions'envoler (to pour)Ⅱ.jet21 noun(a) Mineralogy jais m(necklace, earrings) de ou en jais(colour) noir comme (du) jais, (noir) de jais►► jet black noir m de jais
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