jetsam

English

Etymology

From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ d͡ʒɛt.səm/; enPR: jĕtˈ -səm

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: jet‧sam

Noun

jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)

1. Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.

   There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.

2. (by extension) Discarded or leftover odds and ends.

   They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.

Derived terms

• flotsam and jetsam

Translations

jetsam

• Esperanto: fuko
• Finnish: ajelehtiva hylkytavara
• French: lest (fr) m
• Georgian: გემიდან ქარიშხლის გადაყრილი ტვირთი (gemidan karišxlis gadaq̇rili ṭvirti)
• German: Strandgut (de) n
• Greek: ξέβρασμα (el) n (xévrasma)
• Maori: titītai
• Scottish Gaelic: caitheachan m, murrag f
• Spanish: echazón (es) f, desechos (es) m pl, pecio (es) m

See also

• jetsam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flotsam
• flotsam and jetsam
• lagan
• derelict
• salvage

Anagrams

• matjes