"jetsam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jetsam.wav Forms: jetsams [plural]
enPR: jĕtˈ-səm Etymology: From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(H)yeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|jetteson}} Middle English jetteson, {{der|en|xno|getteson}} Anglo-Norman getteson, {{doublet|en|jettison}} Doublet of jettison Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)
  1. Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-jetsam-en-noun-9TbARM91
  2. (by extension) Discarded or leftover odds and ends. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-jetsam-en-noun-WUmVcJoo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flotsam and jetsam Related terms: flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, lagan, derelict, salvage Translations (jetsam): fuko (Esperanto), ajelehtiva hylkytavara (Finnish), lest [masculine] (French), გემიდან ქარიშხლის გადაყრილი ტვირთი (gemidan karišxlis gadaq̇rili ṭvirti) (Georgian), Strandgut [neuter] (German), ξέβρασμα (xévrasma) [neuter] (Greek), titītai (Maori), caitheachan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), murrag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), echazón [feminine] (Spanish), desechos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), pecio [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'jetsam': 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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