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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈʃoːtkʌt/
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• Northern-England: /ˈʃɔːtkʊt/
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• Wales: /ˈʃɔːtˌkət/
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• Scotland: /ˈʃɔɾtˌkʌt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈʃoɹtˌkʌt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈʃoːt.kɐ̞t/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈʃoːʔ.kɐ̞t]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈʃoːʔ.kɐʔ]
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• CMU ARPABET: SH AO1 R T K AH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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 English cut English shortcut From short + cut.

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: kəsə yol — path
• Bulgarian: пряк път (prjak pǎt) — path
• Catalan: drecera — path
• Catalan: atall — path
• Catalan: sender tallat — path
• Chinese Mandarin: 捷徑 /捷径 (jiéjìng) — path
• Chinese Mandarin: 近路 (jìnlù) — path
• Chinese Mandarin: 近道 (jìndào) — path
• Czech: zkratka — path
• Danish: genvej — path
• Dutch: sluiproute — path
• Estonian: otsetee — path
• Faroese: snarleið — path
• Finnish: oikotie — path
• Finnish: oikopolku — path
• Finnish: oikoreitti — path
• French: raccourci — path
• Galician: atallo — path
• Georgian: უმოკლესი გზა (umoḳlesi gza) — path
• Georgian: პირდაპირი გზა (ṗirdaṗiri gza) — path
• Georgian: შორთქათი (šortkati) — path
• German: Abkürzung — path
• German: Abschneider — path
• Greek: παραδρόμι (paradrómi) — path
• Greek: παράκαμψη (parákampsi) — path
• Ancient Greek: ἀτραπός (atrapós) — path
• Icelandic: flýtileið — path
• Indonesian: jalan pintas — path
• Irish: aicearra — path
• Italian: scorciatoia — path
• Italian: sentiero tagliato — path
• Japanese: 近道 (chikamichi) — path
• Javanese: trabasan — path
• Kapampangan: mamaltang — path
• Kapampangan: baltang — path
• Latin: brevius iter (itinĕris) (ōris) — path
• Latin: via transversa (ae) — path
• Malay: pintasan — path
• Malayalam: കുറുക്കുവഴി (kuṟukkuvaḻi) — path
• Manx: cassan er lheh — path
• Māori: ara poka pū — path
• Māori: ara poka tata — path
• Māori: tukutata — path
• Māori: aria pokatata — path
• Norwegian Bokmål: snarvei — path
• Polish: skrót — path
• Portuguese: atalho — path
• Romanian: scurtătură — path
• Russian: кратча́йший пу́ть (kratčájšij pútʹ) — path
• Russian: срез (srez) — path
• Scottish Gaelic: aithghearr — path
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐчица — path
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐчац — path
• Serbo-Croatian: prèčica — path
• Serbo-Croatian: prèčac — path
• Slovene: bližnjica — path
• Spanish: atajo — path
• Spanish: atrecho — path
• Spanish: alcorce — path
• Spanish: trocha — path
• Swahili: mkato — path
• Swedish: genväg — path
• Tagalog: laktod — path
• Tagalog: gitis — path
• Thai: ทางลัด (thang lad) — path
• Turkish: kestirme — path
• Turkish: kestirme yol — path
• Ukrainian: найкоро́тший шлях (najkorótšyj šljax) — path
• Vietnamese: lối tắt — path
• Vietnamese: đường tắt — path
• Welsh: llwybr tarw — path
• Catalan: drecera — method
• Chinese Mandarin: 抄近道 (chāojìndào) — method
• Chinese Mandarin: 捷徑 /捷径 (jiéjìng) — method
• Danish: genvej — method
• Estonian: nipp — method
• Finnish: oikaisu — method
• Galician: atallo — method
• German: Abkürzung — method
• German: schnellere Methode — method
• German: schnellerer Weg — method
• German: schnellere Vorgehensweise — method
• Greek: παράκαμψη (parákampsi) — method
• Greek: συντόμευση (syntómefsi) — method
• Irish: bealach níos éasca — method
• Italian: scorciatoia — method
• Japanese: 近道 (chikamichi) — method
• Malayalam: കുറുക്കുവഴി (kuṟukkuvaḻi) — method
• Manx: aagherrid — method
• Norwegian Bokmål: snarvei — method
• Polish: skrót — method
• Portuguese: atalho — method
• Romanian: scurtătură — method
• Russian: наибо́лее рациона́льный спо́соб (naibóleje racionálʹnyj spósob) — method
• Slovene: bližnjica — method
• Spanish: atajo — method
• Swahili: mkato — method
• Swedish: genväg — method
• Tagalog: laktod — method
• Tagalog: gitis — method
• Turkish: kestirme — method
• Turkish: kısa yol — method
• Ukrainian: найбі́льш раціона́льний спо́сіб (najbílʹš racionálʹnyj spósib) — method
• Abkhaz: акьамам (akjʼamam) — file
• Armenian: դյուրանցում (dyurancʻum) — file
• Armenian: կարճատ (karčat) — file
• Azerbaijani: qısayol — file
• Catalan: accés directe — file
• Catalan: enllàç simbòlic — file
• Chinese Mandarin: 快捷方式 (kuàijiéfāngshì) — file
• Danish: genvej — file
• Esperanto: simbola ligilo — file
• Estonian: nimeviit — file
• Finnish: pikakuvake — file
• French: raccourci — file
• French: lien symbolique — file
• Georgian: მალსახმობი (malsaxmobi) — file
• Georgian: სწრაფი შესვლის ხატულა (sc̣rapi šesvlis xaṭula) — file
• Georgian: პირდაპირი შესვლის ხატულა (ṗirdaṗiri šesvlis xaṭula) — file
• German: Verknüpfung — file
• German: Dateiverknüpfung — file
• Greek: συντόμευση (syntómefsi) — file
• Indonesian: pintasan — file
• Irish: aicearra — file
• Italian: collegamento — file
• Japanese: ショートカット (shōtokatto) — file
• Korean: 바로가기 (barogagi) — file
• Polish: skrót — file
• Portuguese: atalho — file
• Romanian: comandă rapidă — file
• Romanian: scurtătură — file
• Russian: ярлы́к (jarlýk) — file
• Slovene: bližnjica — file
• Spanish: acceso directo — file
• Swahili: mkato — file
• Swedish: genväg — file
• Swedish: alias — file
• Tagalog: laktod — file
• Turkish: kısayol — file
• Ukrainian: ярли́к (jarlýk) — file
• Albanian: trupoj — to take a shortcut
• Chinese: 拋近路 /抛近路 (zh-min-nan) — to take a shortcut
• Finnish: oikaista — to take a shortcut
• Russian: срезать (srezatʹ) — to take a shortcut
• Swedish: gena — to take a shortcut