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short

/ˈʃɔːt/SHAWRT
/ˈʃɔɹt/SHAWRT

Meaningcut off, short

Common meaning: small in length

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SKAR or SKAL‘shear, cut, cleave, scratch, dig’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 406, p. 744 · scan
  2. Old EnglishsceortsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishschortsource
  4. Englishshort‘small in length’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English sceort ‘cut off, short’.

Roots

  • sceort Old English “cut off, short”

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