trijet

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noun

An aircraft powered by three jet engines.

OriginEnglish jet ← French jet ← Old French get →
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Meanings

nountrijet (plural trijets)

plural trijets

  1. aeronauticsAn aircraft powered by three jet engines.
  2. natural sciencesThree jets of particles from an event or source.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
  8. Latiniaciō
  9. Latiniactus
  10. Vulgar Latin*iectus
  11. Old Frenchget
  12. Frenchjet
  13. Englishjet
  14. Englishtrijet

From tri- + jet.

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Translations

Russian трёхмоторник, трёхмоторный самолёт
  • трёхмоторник (trjóxmotornik)aircraft powered by three jet engines
  • трёхмоторный самолётaircraft powered by three jet engines
Spanish trirreactor
  • trirreactoraircraft powered by three jet engines

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

jitter
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“trijet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trijet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trijet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trijet.

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