shorten

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɔːtn̩/
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• General-American: /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tən
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• CMU ARPABET: SH AO1 R T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English shortnen, schortenen, equivalent to short + -en (verbal suffix). In some senses, a continuation (in altered form) of Middle English schorten (“to make short, shorten”), from Old English sċortian (“to become short”), from Proto-Germanic *skurtōną (“to shorten”).

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara) — to make shorter
• Armenian: կարճացնել (karčacʻnel) — to make shorter
• Aromanian: shcurtedz — to make shorter
• Assamese: চুটি কৰা (suti kora) — to make shorter
• Assamese: চাপৰ কৰা (sapor kora) — to make shorter
• Belarusian: скарача́ць (skaračácʹ) — to make shorter
• Belarusian: скараці́ць (skaracícʹ) — to make shorter
• Breton: berraat — to make shorter
• Bulgarian: скъсявам (skǎsjavam) — to make shorter
• Bulgarian: съкращавам (sǎkraštavam) — to make shorter
• Catalan: escurçar — to make shorter
• Chinese Mandarin: 弄短 (nòng duǎn) — to make shorter
• Czech: zkracovat — to make shorter
• Czech: zkrátit — to make shorter
• Esperanto: mallongigi — to make shorter
• Finnish: lyhentää — to make shorter
• French: raccourcir — to make shorter
• French: écourter — to make shorter
• Friulian: scurtâ — to make shorter
• Galician: acurtar — to make shorter
• Galician: encurtar — to make shorter
• Georgian: შემოკლება (šemoḳleba) — to make shorter
• Georgian: შეკვეცა (šeḳveca) — to make shorter
• German: verkürzen — to make shorter
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gamaurgjan) — to make shorter
• Greek: συμπτύσσω (symptýsso) — to make shorter
• Ancient Greek: βραχύνω (brakhúnō) — to make shorter
• Hebrew: קיצר (kitsér) — to make shorter
• Ido: kurtigar — to make shorter
• Irish: giorraigh — to make shorter
• Italian: accorciarescorciare — to make shorter
• Japanese: 縮める (chijimeru) — to make shorter
• Japanese: 短くする (mijikaku suru) — to make shorter
• Japanese: 短縮する (tanshuku suru) — to make shorter
• Kazakh: қысқарту (qysqartu) — to make shorter
• Ladin: scurter — to make shorter
• Latin: curtō — to make shorter
• Latin: breviō — to make shorter
• Latin: abbreviō — to make shorter
• Latvian: īsināt — to make shorter
• Latvian: paīsināt — to make shorter
• Latvian: saīsināt — to make shorter
• Macedonian: крати (krati) — to make shorter
• Macedonian: куси (kusi) — to make shorter
• Macedonian: скратува (skratuva) — to make shorter
• Macedonian: скусува (skusuva) — to make shorter
• Māori: tukupoto — to make shorter
• Māori: tāpoto — to make shorter
• Māori: poro — to make shorter
• Māori: tauporo — to make shorter
• Māori: tīporo — to make shorter
• Norman: accourchi — to make shorter
• Polish: skracać — to make shorter
• Polish: skrócić — to make shorter
• Portuguese: encurtar — to make shorter
• Romanian: scurta — to make shorter
• Russian: укора́чивать (ukoráčivatʹ) — to make shorter
• Russian: укороти́ть (ukorotítʹ) — to make shorter
• Russian: сокраща́ть (sokraščátʹ) — to make shorter
• Russian: сократи́ть (sokratítʹ) — to make shorter
• Scottish Gaelic: giorraich — to make shorter
• Serbo-Croatian: skratiti — to make shorter
• Serbo-Croatian: скратити — to make shorter
• Sicilian: accurzari — to make shorter
• Spanish: acortar — to make shorter
• Spanish: acorzar — to make shorter
• Spanish: alcorzar — to make shorter
• Sranan Tongo: syatu — to make shorter
• Swedish: förkorta — to make shorter
• Tamil: குறுக்கு (kuṟukku) — to make shorter
• Tamil: சுருக்கு (curukku) — to make shorter
• Tamil: குறை (kuṟai) — to make shorter
• Ukrainian: скоро́чувати (skoróčuvaty) — to make shorter
• Ukrainian: скороти́ти (skorotýty) — to make shorter
• Ulwa (Nicaragua): adahnaka — to make shorter
• Welsh: byrhau — to make shorter
• Welsh: cwtogi — to make shorter
• Assamese: চুটি হোৱা (suti hüa) — to become shorter
• Assamese: চাপৰ হোৱা (sapor hüa) — to become shorter
• Breton: berraat — to become shorter
• Bulgarian: скъсявам се (skǎsjavam se) — to become shorter
• Catalan: escurçar-se — to become shorter
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏆᎶᎦ (asqualoga) — to become shorter
• Chinese Mandarin: 縮短 /缩短 (suōduǎn) — to become shorter
• Finnish: lyhetä — to become shorter
• Finnish: lyhentyä — to become shorter
• French: raccourcir — to become shorter
• French: s'écourter — to become shorter
• Galician: acurtar — to become shorter
• German: kürzer werden — to become shorter
• Ido: kurteskar — to become shorter
• Irish: giorraigh — to become shorter
• Japanese: 縮む (chidimu) — to become shorter
• Japanese: 短くなる (mijikaku naru) — to become shorter
• Polish: skracać się — to become shorter
• Polish: skrócić się — to become shorter
• Portuguese: encurtar — to become shorter
• Russian: укора́чиваться (ukoráčivatʹsja) — to become shorter
• Russian: укороти́ться (ukorotítʹsja) — to become shorter
• Russian: сокраща́ться (sokraščátʹsja) — to become shorter
• Russian: сократи́ться (sokratítʹsja) — to become shorter
• Serbo-Croatian: skratiti se — to become shorter
• Sicilian: accurzàrisi — to become shorter
• Sicilian: strincìrisi — to become shorter
• Spanish: acortarse — to become shorter
• Swedish: kortna — to become shorter
• Tamil: குறுகு (kuṟuku) — to become shorter
• Tamil: குறை (kuṟai) — to become shorter