Meanings
plural jet lags · alternative jetlag
- uncountableusuallyaeronauticsA physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.
1 more example
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.
2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 1Synonyms: jet syndrome, circadian dysrhythmia, desynchronosis, time-zone disease, time-zone fatigue
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.
Origin
Possibly coined by Horace Sutton in 1966.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vlugvoosheid
- vlugvoosheidphysical condition
Chinese Mandarin 時差問題 /时差问题, 飛行時差反應 /飞行时差反应
- 時差問題 /时差问题 (shíchā wèntí)physical condition
- 飛行時差反應 /飞行时差反应 (fēixíng shíchā fǎnyìng)physical condition
- 時差感 /时差感 (shíchāgǎn)physical condition
- 倒時差 /倒时差 (dǎo shíchā)physical condition
Czech pásmová nemoc
- pásmová nemocphysical condition
Danish jetlag
- jetlagphysical condition
Dutch jetlag
- jetlagphysical condition
Finnish aikaerorasitus, aikaero
- aikaerorasitusphysical condition
- aikaerophysical condition
French décalage horaire
- décalage horairephysical condition
German Jetlag
- Jetlagphysical condition
Greek βιοαπορρύθμιση
- βιοαπορρύθμιση (vioaporrýthmisi)physical condition
Hebrew יַעֶפֶת, ג׳ט לג
- יַעֶפֶתphysical condition
- ג׳ט לגphysical condition
Hungarian időeltolódás miatti kimerültség, időátállási probléma
- időeltolódás miatti kimerültségphysical condition
- időátállási problémaphysical condition
- időzónaugrás szindrómaphysical condition
Icelandic dægurvilla, flugþreyta
- dægurvillaphysical condition
- flugþreytaphysical condition
- þotuþreytaphysical condition
Irish tuirse aerthaistil
- tuirse aerthaistilphysical condition
Italian jet lag, mal di fuso
- jet lagphysical condition
- mal di fusophysical condition
- fusopatiaphysical condition
Japanese 時差ぼけ
- 時差ぼけ (jisa boke)physical condition
Korean 시차증
- 시차증 (sichajeung)physical condition
Malay lamban jet, gangguan ritma harian
- lamban jetphysical condition
- gangguan ritma harianphysical condition
Norwegian Bokmål jetlag
- jetlagphysical condition
Polish jet lag, jetlag
- jet lagphysical condition
- jetlagphysical condition
Portuguese jet lag
- jet lagphysical condition
Russian джетла́г, десинхрони́я
- джетла́г (džetlág)physical condition
- десинхрони́я (desinxroníja)physical condition
Slovak pásmová choroba
- pásmová chorobaphysical condition
Spanish trastorno por desfase/desfasaje horario, jet lag
- trastorno por desfase/desfasaje horariophysical condition
- jet lagphysical condition
Swedish jetlag
- jetlagphysical condition
Welsh lludded jet, jetludded
- lludded jetphysical condition
- jetluddedphysical condition
Cite this entry
jet lag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet%20lag
“jet lag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet%20lag. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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