jeter

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. to throw
2. to throw away, discard of
   • 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 run in, as of a river
5. (reflexive, with "sur") to rush oneself onto something or someone

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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