Dictionary

jet lag en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒet.læːɡ/ (Australia)
• /ˈd͡ʒɛt.læɡ/

Etymology

Possibly coined by Horace Sutton in 1966.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.
   • She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien’s theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic. 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 1:

Forms

Deriveds

jet-lagged · jet-lagger · jet-lagging · jetlaggy · social jet lag

Synonyms

time-zone disease · time-zone fatigue · desynchronosis · jet syndrome · circadian dysrhythmia

Translations (42)

fi aikaerorasitus (physical condition) · el βιοαπορρύθμιση (physical condition) · ga tuirse aerthaistil (physical condition) · cmn 倒時差 /倒时差 (physical condition) · is þotuþreyta (physical condition) · cmn 時差感 /时差感 (physical condition) · ja 時差ぼけ (physical condition) · is dægurvilla (physical condition) · pl jet lag (physical condition) · it mal di fuso (physical condition) · ms gangguan ritma harian (physical condition) · it fusopatia (physical condition) · cy jetludded (physical condition) · nl jetlag (physical condition) · fi aikaero (physical condition) · es jet lag (physical condition) · it jet lag (physical condition) · af vlugvoosheid (physical condition) · nn jetlag (physical condition) · fr décalage horaire (physical condition) · he יַעֶפֶת (physical condition) · hu időzónaugrás szindróma (physical condition) · ko 시차증 (physical condition) · ru джетла́г (physical condition) · sk pásmová choroba (physical condition) · da jetlag (physical condition) · cmn 時差問題 /时差问题 (physical condition) · pt jet lag (physical condition) · es trastorno por desfase/desfasaje horario (physical condition) · hu időátállási probléma (physical condition) · pl jetlag (physical condition) · nb jetlag (physical condition) · cy lludded jet (physical condition) · cs pásmová nemoc (physical condition) · cmn 飛行時差反應 /飞行时差反应 (physical condition) · hu időeltolódás miatti kimerültség (physical condition) · sv jetlag (physical condition) · he ג׳ט לג (physical condition) · is flugþreyta (physical condition) · de Jetlag (physical condition) · ms lamban jet (physical condition) · ru десинхрони́я (physical condition)