Definitions for jetes

jetes je·té

Spelling: [zhuh-tey]
IPA: /ʒəˈteɪ/

Jetes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in jetes (eejst).

Definitions for jetes

noun

  1. a jump forward, backward, or to the side, from one foot to the other.

Origin of jetes

1820-30; French: literally, thrown, past participle of jeter to throw; see jet1

Examples for jetes

He was polite but kept a courteous distance when he joined the two ladies for a moment in the gardens or on the jete.

I had seen him once or twice before, in the street and on the jete.

In the afternoon she drove out, alighted at the jete, paid her visits.

Next day, when she was sitting with Mrs. Uxeley and a couple of friends on the jete, she seemed to see the same thing again.

Word Value for jetes
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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