different between jete vs jeet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French jeté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??te?/

Noun

jete (plural jetes)

1. (ballet) A leap from one foot to the other in which one leg appears to be "thrown" in the direction of the movement.

Anagrams

• jeet

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French jeter (“throw away”). 

Verb

jete

1. throw away, discard

Middle English

Noun

jete

1. Alternative form of get (“jet”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Proper noun

jete

1. locative singular of jeta

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?jete]

Verb

jete

1. second-person plural present of jes?

English

Etymology

A compressed pronunciation of the words did you (d'ya) eat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?it/, /d?i?/

Interjection

jeet

1. (US, slang) Did you eat?
   • 2002, The Postal Record (volume 115, page 17)

     So it will come as no surprise if a local inquires whether you've eaten yet — or, as Philadelphians say, "Jeet yet?"

Anagrams

• jete, jeté

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je?t/, /?e?t/

Verb

jeet

1. third-person singular present indicative of joen