écourter

Meaning

  1. to shorten, curtail (make shorter e.g. by cutting)
  2. (reflexive) to shorten (become shorter)
  3. to dock, clip (cut the tail of e.g. a dog)
  4. to cut short, curtail (shorten the time of something)
  5. to cut short, cut

Frequency

40k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.kuʁ.te/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French escurter, from Late Latin excurtāre, from Latin curtāre. By surface analysis, é- + court + -er.

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