shortage

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• /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English shortage From short + -age.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَجْز (ʕajz) — lack or deficiency
• Armenian: պակասություն (pakasutʻyun) — lack or deficiency
• Assamese: নাটনি (natoni) — lack or deficiency
• Assamese: অনাটন (onaton) — lack or deficiency
• Azerbaijani: çatışmazlıq — lack or deficiency
• Azerbaijani: qıtlıq — lack or deficiency
• Bulgarian: липса (lipsa) — lack or deficiency
• Bulgarian: недостиг (nedostig) — lack or deficiency
• Catalan: manca — lack or deficiency
• Chinese Mandarin: 短缺 (duǎnquē) — lack or deficiency
• Chinese Mandarin: 緊缺 /紧缺 (jǐnquē) — lack or deficiency
• Esperanto: malabundo — lack or deficiency
• Finnish: pula — lack or deficiency
• Finnish: puute — lack or deficiency
• French: défaut — lack or deficiency
• French: rareté — lack or deficiency
• French: pénurie — lack or deficiency
• French: déficit — lack or deficiency
• French: insuffisance — lack or deficiency
• German: Mangel — lack or deficiency
• German: Knappheit — lack or deficiency
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (waninassus) — lack or deficiency
• Ancient Greek: σπάνις (spánis) — lack or deficiency
• Hebrew: מַחְסוֹר (makhsór) — lack or deficiency
• Hindi: कमी (kamī) — lack or deficiency
• Hindi: अभाव (abhāv) — lack or deficiency
• Hindi: अपर्याप्तता (aparyāptatā) — lack or deficiency
• Hungarian: hiány — lack or deficiency
• Italian: scarsità — lack or deficiency
• Italian: mancanza — lack or deficiency
• Italian: penuria — lack or deficiency
• Italian: insufficienza — lack or deficiency
• Italian: carenza — lack or deficiency
• Japanese: 不足 (fusoku) — lack or deficiency
• Japanese: 欠損 (kesson) — lack or deficiency
• Korean: 부족 (bujok) — lack or deficiency
• Korean: 흠손 (heumson) — lack or deficiency
• Latin: inopia — lack or deficiency
• Macedonian: недо́статок (nedóstatok) — lack or deficiency
• Macedonian: не́достиг (nédostig) — lack or deficiency
• Māori: kōpaka — lack or deficiency
• Māori: ngōuruuru — lack or deficiency
• Māori: kōpakatanga — lack or deficiency
• Norwegian Bokmål: mangel — lack or deficiency
• Norwegian Bokmål: underskudd — lack or deficiency
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mangel — lack or deficiency
• Polish: niedosyt — lack or deficiency
• Portuguese: falta — lack or deficiency
• Portuguese: carência — lack or deficiency
• Portuguese: insuficiência — lack or deficiency
• Romanian: deficit — lack or deficiency
• Romanian: penurie — lack or deficiency
• Russian: недоста́ток (nedostátok) — lack or deficiency
• Russian: нехва́тка (nexvátka) — lack or deficiency
• Russian: дефици́т (deficít) — lack or deficiency
• Russian: недоста́точность (nedostátočnostʹ) — lack or deficiency
• Scottish Gaelic: cion — lack or deficiency
• Scottish Gaelic: gainne — lack or deficiency
• Scottish Gaelic: gainnead — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: falta — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: carestía — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: escasez — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: penuria — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: exigüidad — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: carencia — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: deficiencia — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: déficit — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: carecimiento — lack or deficiency
• Spanish: falencia — lack or deficiency
• Swahili: uhaba — lack or deficiency
• Thai: การขาดแคลน — lack or deficiency
• Thai: ความขาดแคลน — lack or deficiency
• Turkish: azlık — lack or deficiency
• Turkish: kesinti — lack or deficiency