jet d'eau

Unadapted borrowing from French jet d'eau (literally “jet of water”).

• (emulating French) IPA^(key): /ʒeɪ ˈdoʊ/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈdʒɛt ˈdoʊ/, (also) /ʒɛ-/, /-ˈdu/

jet d'eau (plural jets d'eau) (archaic)

1. A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), used as an ornament in a garden or public place.
2. The fountain or pipe from which such a stream issues.

• “Jet d'eau”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛ d‿o/

jet d'eau m (plural jets d'eau)

1. jet, spurt of water springing from a fountain
2. fountain issuing such jet
3. garden hose nozzle
4. watering device

• → English: jet d'eau

• “jet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.