Short - traduction, prononciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ʃɔːrt|  American pronunciation of the word short
Brit.  |ʃɔːt|  British pronunciation of the word short

noun

- l'emplacement sur un terrain de baseball où l'arrêt-court est stationnéEd
- contact accidentel entre deux points d'un circuit électrique présentant une différence de potentielEd
- la position sur le terrain du joueur dans une équipe de baseball qui est stationnée entre la deuxième et la troisième baseEd

verb

- tromper quelqu'un en ne lui rendant pas assez d'argentEd
- créer un court-circuit dansEd (syn: short-circuit)

adjective

- de quantité insuffisante pour répondre à un besoinEd (syn: inadequate, jejune, poor)
money is short
on short rations
food is in short supply
short on experience
- inférieur au montant correct ou légal ou total souvent délibérémentEd (syn: light, scant)
regularly gives short weight
- manque de prévoyance ou de portéeEd (syn: myopic)
a short view of the problem
shortsighted policies
shortsighted critics derided the plan
- ayant tendance à s'effriter ou à se briser en flocons en raison d'une grande quantité de matière grasseEd
shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
a short flaky pie crust
- marqué par une brièveté grossière ou péremptoireEd (syn: brusque, curt)
the salesgirl was very short with him

adverb

- rapidement et sans avertissementEd (syn: abruptly, dead, suddenly)
- sans posséder quelque chose au moment où il est vendu contractuellementEd
he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash
- nettoyer à traversEd
the car's axle snapped short
- à un moment ou à une distance avant d'atteindre un objectifEd
he fell short of our expectations
- pour interrompreEd
She took him up short before he could continue
- désavantagéesEd (syn: unawares)
I was caught short
- d'une manière brève, brusque et discourtoiseEd (syn: shortly)
he talked short with everyone
he said shortly that he didn't like it

Matrix of words

adjective

- court — short, brief, little
- bref — short, brief, succinct
- petit — small, little, short, petty, quiet, toy
- faible — low, small, weak, poor, little, short
- de courte durée — short, short-lived
- à court terme — short, short-range, short-term
- insuffisant — insufficient, inadequate, poor, short, scarce, scant
- de petite taille — short, undersized
- sec — dry, dried, lean, curt, straight, short
- brusque — sudden, abrupt, sharp, brusque, rough, short
- incomplet — incomplete, imperfect, unfinished, sketchy, patchy, short
- rasé — shaven, short, very short
- cassant — brittle, harsh, short
- fragile — fragile, brittle, delicate, frail, weak, short

adverb

- brusquement — suddenly, abruptly, sharply, sharp, short, shortly

noun

- les débris — debris, remains, fragments, wreckage, remnant, short
- l' une culotte — short
- le court-circuit — short-circuit, short

verb

- court-circuiter — short-circuit, short
- se mettre en court-circuit — short-circuit, short
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