noun
Meaning 1
plural of short
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shorts
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/
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CMU ARPABET: SH AO1 R T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A garment worn over the pelvic area ending above the knees, not covering the entire length of the leg, designed for warm weather or for sports.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Underpants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, plural, plural-only
Examples
- After a scare like that, you might need to change your shorts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Short, inferior hemp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
third-person singular simple present indicative of short
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
underpants worn by men
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drawers, underdrawers, boxers, boxershorts
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: underpants
noun
Meaning 9
trousers that end at or above the knee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: short pants, trunks
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trouser, pant
Narrower terms: Bermuda shorts, Jamaica shorts, hot pants, lederhosen
History
Etymology
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 Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English shorts From short + -s.
Across languages
Translations
110 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: kortbroek — leg garment
- Arabic: شُورْت (šūrt) — leg garment
- Arabic: شورت (šurt) — leg garment
- Armenian: շորտեր (šorter) — leg garment
- Armenian: կիսատաբատ (kisatabat) — leg garment
- Azerbaijani: şort — leg garment
- Azerbaijani: şortik — leg garment
- Belarusian: шо́рты (šórty) — leg garment
- Bengali: শর্টস (śôrṭś) — leg garment
- Central Bikol: sarwal — leg garment
- Bulgarian: шо́рти (šórti) — leg garment
- Bulgarian: гаще́та (gaštéta) — leg garment
- Burmese: ဘောင်းဘီတို (bhaung:bhitui) — leg garment
- Catalan: pantalons curts — leg garment
- Chinese Cantonese: 短褲 /短裤 (dyun2 fu3) — leg garment
- Chinese Mandarin: 短褲 /短裤 (duǎnkù) — leg garment
- Czech: šortky — leg garment
- Danish: shorts — leg garment
- Dutch: korte broek — leg garment
- Dutch: short — leg garment
- Esperanto: ŝorto — leg garment
- Estonian: šortsid — leg garment
- Finnish: shortsit — leg garment
- Finnish: sortsit — leg garment
- French: short — leg garment
- Galician: calzóns — leg garment
- Georgian: შორტები (šorṭebi) — leg garment
- German: Shorts — leg garment
- German: kurze Hose — leg garment
- Greek: σορτς (sorts) — leg garment
- Greek: σορτσάκι (sortsáki) — leg garment
- Greek: παντελονάκι (pantelonáki) — leg garment
- Gujarati: ચડ્ડી (caḍḍī) — leg garment
- Hebrew: מִכְנָסַיִים קְצָרִים — leg garment
- Hindi: शॉर्ट्स (śŏrṭs) — leg garment
- Hindi: हाफ़ पैंट (hāf paiṇṭ) — leg garment
- Hindi: जाँघिया (jāṅghiyā) — leg garment
- Hindi: जांघिया (jāṅghiyā) — leg garment
- Hindi: चड्डी (caḍḍī) — leg garment
- Hindi: कच्छा (kacchā) — leg garment
- Hindi: कच्छ (kacch) — leg garment
- Hungarian: rövidnadrág — leg garment
- Hungarian: sort — leg garment
- Icelandic: stuttbuxur — leg garment
- Indonesian: celana pendek — leg garment
- Irish: bríste sciota — leg garment
- Irish: brístín — leg garment
- Italian: calzoncini — leg garment
- Japanese: ショートパンツ (shōto pantsu) — leg garment
- Japanese: ショーツ (shōtsu) — leg garment
- Kazakh: шорт (şort) — leg garment
- Khmer: ខោខ្លី (khaokhləy) — leg garment
- Korean: 반바지 (banbaji) — leg garment
- Korean: 숏팬츠 (syotpaencheu) — leg garment
- Korean: 쇼츠 (syocheu) — leg garment
- Kyrgyz: шорт (şort) — leg garment
- Ladin: brea curta — leg garment
- Lao: ກາງເກງຂາສັ້ນ (kāng kēng khā san) — leg garment
- Lao: ສົ້ງຂາສັ້ນ (song khā san) — leg garment
- Latvian: šorti — leg garment
- Lithuanian: šortai — leg garment
- Macedonian: ку́си панта́лони (kúsi pantáloni) — leg garment
- Macedonian: шорц (šorc) — leg garment
- Malay: seluar pendek — leg garment
- Brunei Malay: seluar pindik — leg garment
- Maltese: xorzz — leg garment
- Manx: troosyn giarey — leg garment
- Māori: tarau poto — leg garment
- Mongolian: шорт (šort) — leg garment
- Norwegian Bokmål: kortbukse — leg garment
- Norwegian Bokmål: shorts — leg garment
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kortbukse — leg garment
- Norwegian Nynorsk: shorts — leg garment
- Iranian Persian: شَلْوارَک (šalvârak) — leg garment
- Polish: szorty — leg garment
- Portuguese: calção — leg garment
- Portuguese: short — leg garment
- Portuguese: calções — leg garment
- Portuguese: bermuda — leg garment
- Romanian: pantaloni scurți — leg garment
- Romanian: șort — leg garment
- Russian: шо́рты (šórty) — leg garment
- Scottish Gaelic: briogais ghoirid — leg garment
- Serbo-Croatian: шо̏рц — leg garment
- Serbo-Croatian: шо̏ртс — leg garment
- Serbo-Croatian: šȍrc — leg garment
- Serbo-Croatian: šȍrts — leg garment
- Sicilian: causi curti — leg garment
- Slovak: šortky — leg garment
- Slovene: kratke hlače — leg garment
- Slovene: boksarice — leg garment
- Spanish: pantalón corto — leg garment
- Spanish: pantaloneta — leg garment
- Spanish: short — leg garment
- Spanish: pantaloncito — leg garment
- Swahili: kaptula — leg garment
- Swedish: shorts — leg garment
- Swedish: kortbyxor — leg garment
- Tagalog: salawal — leg garment
- Tamil: டிராயர் (ṭirāyar) — leg garment
- Thai: กางเกงขาสั้น (gaang-geeng-kǎa-sân) — leg garment
- Turkish: şort — leg garment
- Turkmen: şort — leg garment
- Ukrainian: шо́рти (šórty) — leg garment
- Uzbek: shorti — leg garment
- Vietnamese: soóc — leg garment
- Vietnamese: quần đùi — leg garment
- Vietnamese: quần cộc — leg garment
- Vietnamese: quần ngắn — leg garment
- Welsh: siorts — leg garment
Real reading context