in a nutshell

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Calque of New Latin in nuce, derived from an anecdote in Pliny the Elder, who ascribes to Cicero the claim that the whole Iliad was once written on parchment and enclosed within a nutshell (Naturalis Historia 7.21.85). Compare typologically Czech stručný, stručně (< struk).

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: en resum — in summary
• Chinese Mandarin: 總而言之 /总而言之 (zǒng'éryánzhī) — in summary
• Chinese Mandarin: 概括地說 /概括地说 (gàikuò de shuō) — in summary
• Czech: v kostce — in summary
• Czech: stručně — in summary
• Danish: i en nøddeskal — in summary
• Dutch: in een notendop — in summary
• Esperanto: unuvorte — in summary
• Finnish: pähkinänkuoressa — in summary
• Finnish: sanalla sanottuna — in summary
• Finnish: lyhyesti sanottuna — in summary
• French: en un mot — in summary
• French: en résumé — in summary
• French: en bref — in summary
• Georgian: მოკლედ (moḳled) — in summary
• German: kurzgesagt — in summary
• German: mit einem Worte — in summary
• German: in einer Nussschale — in summary
• Greek: εν συντομία (en syntomía) — in summary
• Greek: περιληπτικά (periliptiká) — in summary
• Greek: λακωνικά (lakoniká) — in summary
• Greek: με λίγα λόγια (me líga lógia) — in summary
• Hindi: संक्षेप में (saṅkṣep mẽ) — in summary
• Hungarian: dióhéjban — in summary
• Icelandic: í hnotskurn — in summary
• Indonesian: ringkasnya — in summary
• Indonesian: singkatnya — in summary
• Indonesian: singkat kata — in summary
• Irish: go hachomair — in summary
• Irish: i mbeagán focal — in summary
• Italian: in breve — in summary
• Italian: in sostanza — in summary
• Italian: in poche parole — in summary
• Japanese: 要するに (yō suru ni) — in summary
• Japanese: つまりは (tsumariwa) — in summary
• Latin: in nuce — in summary
• Māori: koia pū — in summary
• Norwegian Bokmål: i et nøtteskall — in summary
• Norwegian Nynorsk: i eit nøtteskal — in summary
• Polish: w pigułce — in summary
• Portuguese: em poucas palavras — in summary
• Russian: кра́тко (krátko) — in summary
• Russian: вкра́тце (vkrátce) — in summary
• Russian: в двух слова́х (v dvux slováx) — in summary
• Russian: одни́м сло́вом (odním slóvom) — in summary
• Russian: коро́че говоря́ (koróče govorjá) — in summary
• Spanish: en resumen — in summary
• Spanish: en pocas palabras — in summary
• Spanish: en resumidas cuentas — in summary
• Spanish: dicho rápido y mal — in summary
• Swedish: i ett nötskal — in summary
• Swedish: kort sagt — in summary
• Thai: โดยย่อ (dooi-yɔ̂ɔ) — in summary
• Vietnamese: tóm lại — in summary