jetty
/ˈd͡ʒɛti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
noun
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.
noun
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.
noun
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.
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "Spérto, a porch, a portall, a baie vvindovv, or out butting, or iettie of a houſe that ietties out farther than anie other part of the houſe, a iettie or butte."
- "Moſt prepoſtrous therefore and improper is our frequent aſſigning ſuch vveak ſupporters to ſuch monſtrous jetties and exceſſive Superſtructures as vve many times find under Balconies, Bay-VVindovvs and long Galleries, […]"
- "[I]t appeareth that all the auncient Townes and Citties which ſtand vppon the Riuers of Rhyne and Danowe, towardes Fraunce and Italy, did ſerue rather for a Banke or Iettie againſt the ouerflowing of the Germanes, than for Fortreſſes to aſſayle them withall."
- "Near the River VVelland, that runs thro the Tovvn of Spalding in Lincolnſhire, at the depth of above 8 or 10 foot, there vvere found Jettys, as they call them, to keep up the old Rivers Bank, and the head of a Tunnel that emptied the Land-vvater into the old River; […]"
- "[I]nſtead of demolition, they found conſtruction; for the French vvere then at vvork on the repair of the jettees. On the remonſtrances of General [Henry Seymour] Convvay, ſome parts of theſe jettees were immediately deſtroyed."
- "There are excellent jetties for landing by boat at the Marine Hotel, and the Vine Inn; […]"
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɛti/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒɛti/
Usage
Inflected Forms
jetties (plural)
jettee (alternative)
jetties (present, singular)
jettying (participle, present)
jettied (participle, past)
jettied (past)
more jetty (comparative)
most jetty (superlative)
jettier (comparative)
jettiest (superlative)