Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jet lag

/ˈd͡ʒet.læːɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: jet lag
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒet.læːɡ/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien’s theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic."

Etymology

Possibly coined by Horace Sutton in 1966.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒet.læːɡ/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

jet lags (plural) jetlag (alternative)

Derived Forms

jetlaggy

Phrases

jet-lagged jet-lagger jet-lagging social jet lag

Synonyms

jet syndrome circadian dysrhythmia desynchronosis time-zone disease time-zone fatigue

Questions

How do you pronounce jet lag?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒet.læːɡ/.
What does jet lag mean?: A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.
Where does jet lag come from?: Possibly coined by Horace Sutton in 1966.

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