jet pack

See also: jet-pack and jetpack

English

jet pack (plural jet packs)

(aviation) A piece of equipment that may be strapped to a person’s back and generate vertical thrust by a downward discharge of jet fluid, thereby rendering the person capable of flight.

(aviation): In formal use, one most often speaks or writes of using a jet pack; however, in informal use, it is not uncommon to hear of flying or riding a jet pack.

Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust

Amharic: መብረሪያ ስንቅ (mäbräriya sənḳ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 噴射背包 / 喷射背包 (pēnshè bēibāo), 火箭背包 (huǒjiàn bēibāo)
Czech: raketový batoh m, jetpack
Dutch: raketrugzak, jetpack
Esperanto: rakettornistro
Finnish: rakettireppu
French: réacteur dorsal (fr)
German: Raketenrucksack m, Jetpack m
Hebrew: חגורת סילון (he)
Italian: zaino a razzo, jet pack (it)
Macedonian: реакти́вен ра́нец m (reaktíven ránec), ра́кетен ра́нец m (ráketen ránec)
Persian: جت پک
Polish: jet pack m
Portuguese: propulsor a jato m, jetpack m
Russian: реакти́вный ра́нец (ru) m (reaktívnyj ránec), раке́тный ра́нец m (rakétnyj ránec), джетпа́к (ru) m (džetpák)
Serbo-Croatian: raketni pojas
Slovene: raketni nahrbtnik, jet pack
Spanish: mochila propulsora
Swedish: ryggraket, jetpack
Turkish: sırt roketi, roket çantası
Ukrainian: реакти́вний ра́нець (reaktývnyj ránecʹ)

jet pack m (plural jet packs)