jetsam

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛtsəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: jet‧sam

Noun

jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)

1. Articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress.

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

2. (by extension) Discarded 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

See also

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

Anagrams

• matjes