truncate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [tɹ̝̊wʌŋˈkheɪ̯t]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [t̠ɹ̠̊˔wʌŋˈkheɪ̯t]
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• General-American: /ˈtɹʌŋˌke̯ɪ̯t/
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• General-American: [ˈtɹ̝̊wʌ̈ŋˌkhe̯ɪ̯t]
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• General-American: [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔wʌ̈ŋˌkhe̯ɪ̯t]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /tɹäŋˈkæɪ̯t/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [tɹ̝̊wäŋkhæ̝ɪ̯t]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [t̠ɹ̠̊˔wäŋkhæ̝ɪ̯t]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /tɹɐŋˈkæɪ̯t/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [tɹ̝̊wɐ̞ŋkhæ̝ɪ̯t]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [t̠ɹ̠̊˔wɐ̞ŋkhæ̝ɪ̯t]
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• CMU ARPABET: T R AH1 NG K EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отрязан (otrjazan) — truncated
• Bulgarian: скъсен (skǎsen) — truncated
• Finnish: lyhennetty — truncated
• Finnish: typistetty — truncated
• Finnish: katkaistu — truncated
• French: tronqué — truncated
• Greek: κολοβός (kolovós) — truncated
• Greek: περικομμένος (perikomménos) — truncated
• Portuguese: truncado — truncated
• Russian: усечённый (usečónnyj) — truncated
• Spanish: truncado — truncated
• Greek: κολοβός (kolovós) — botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination
• Greek: ακρωτηριασμένος (akrotiriasménos) — botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination
• Russian: укоро́ченный (ukoróčennyj) — botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination
• Arabic: بَتَرَ (batara) — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Arabic: شَذَّبَ (šaḏḏaba) — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Arabic: قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa) — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Arabic: قَلَّمَ (qallama) — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Bulgarian: орязвам (orjazvam) — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Bulgarian: отрязвам върха на (otrjazvam vǎrha na) — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Catalan: truncar — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Czech: zkrátit — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Czech: seříznout — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Dutch: afhakken — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Dutch: afkappen — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Dutch: inkorten — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Finnish: lyhentää — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Finnish: typistää — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Finnish: katkaista — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• French: tronquer — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• German: kürzen — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• German: abschneiden — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Greek: κονταίνω (kontaíno) — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Hungarian: lenyes — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Hungarian: csonkol — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Italian: troncare — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Latin: truncō — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Māori: mutumutu — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Māori: auporo — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Neapolitan: scurtà — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Piedmontese: strompé — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Portuguese: truncar — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Russian: усека́ть (usekátʹ) — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Spanish: truncar — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Vietnamese: cắt xén — shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
• Bulgarian: закръглявам (zakrǎgljavam) — shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
• Dutch: afronden naar beneden — shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
• Finnish: katkaista — shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
• Finnish: typistää — shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
• French: tronquer — shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
• Greek: περικόπτω (perikópto) — shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
• Ido: trunkigar — shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
• Portuguese: arredondar — shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
• Spanish: truncar — shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
• Finnish: typistää — replace a corner by a plane
• Ido: trunkigar — replace a corner by a plane