How do you pronounce jettison?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʒɛt.ə.s(ə)n/.

jettison

/ˈdʒɛt.ə.s(ə)n/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: jet-ti-son
IPA: /ˈdʒɛt.ə.s(ə)n/

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Meaning

noun

Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel.

Uncountable

noun

The act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress.

Countable

verb

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

verb

To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

Example Sentences

"The shoreline was littered with the floating jettison from the wrecked freighter."
"Deep-sea divers discovered centuries-old jettison resting on the sandy seafloor."
"The captain ordered the immediate jettison of the heavy cargo to save the sinking ship."
"The maritime court spent weeks reviewing the legality of the cargo jettison during the storm."
"The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill."
"The fuel tanks were jettisoned."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, from *iectātus < iectāre, from Latin iactō. Doublet of jetsam.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: *(H)yeh₁-, getteson, getaison, iactō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdʒɛt.ə.s(ə)n/
British English: /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/

Usage

Inflected Forms

jettisons (plural) jettisons (present, singular) jettisoning (participle, present) jettisoned (participle, past) jettisoned (past)

Derived Forms

jettisonable unjettisoned

Synonyms

jetsam ballast cast off discard chuck ditch dump junk lose 86 bin can cast aside

Antonyms

adopt embrace keep retain