écourter
Meaning
- to shorten, curtail (make shorter e.g. by cutting)
- (reflexive) to shorten (become shorter)
- to dock, clip (cut the tail of e.g. a dog)
- to cut short, curtail (shorten the time of something)
- to cut short, cut
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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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