English
Pronunciation
IPA|/�d��ti/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ti|-�ti

Etymology 1
From F. jetée �pier, jetty, causeway�. Compare jet, jutty.

Noun
en-noun|jetties

1. architecture A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
3. (Hydraulic engineering): A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Translations

Chinese: 跳� (tiào chuán)
Dutch: pier m
Finnish: aallonmurtaja
French: jetée f
German: Anlegestelle f
Greek: λιμενοβ�α�ίονα� (limenovrakhíonas) m
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Hungarian: móló
Italian: molo m, pontile m, imbarcadero m
Japanese: �堤 (tottéi)
Korean: 방�� (bangpaje)
Portuguese: quebra-mar m
Russian: мол (mol) m
Spanish: embarcadero m

Verb
en-verb|jett|i|ed

1. context|obsolete|intransitive To jut out; to project.

Etymology 2
From jet + -y.

Adjective
en-adj|jettier|jettiest

1. archaic Made of jet, or like jet in color.

#*1885: She raised her face veil [...] showing two black eyes fringed with jetty lashes, whose glances were soft and languishing and whose perfect beauty was ever blandishing � Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1

References
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