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curt
English
Etymology
From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with German kurz, Galician corto, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
- Homophone: Kurt
Adjective
curt (comparative curter, superlative curtest)
- Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
- Synonym: brusque
- Short or concise.
Translations
Verb
curt (third-person singular simple present curts, present participle curting, simple past and past participle curted)
- (obsolete, rare) To cut, cut short, shorten.
- 1608, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his divine weekes and workes
- Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.
- 1608, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his divine weekes and workes
Derived terms
- curtly
- curtness
- curtail
Related terms
- shirt
- short
- skirt
References
- An historical dictionary
Anagrams
- crut
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ku?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?kurt/
- Homophone: kurd
Adjective
curt (feminine curta, masculine plural curts, feminine plural curtes)
- short
- Antonym: llarg
Derived terms
Further reading
- “curt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “curt” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “curt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “curt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin curtus.
Adjective
curt m (feminine curte, masculine plural curts, feminine plural curtis)
- short
Related terms
- scurtâ
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin curtus.
Adjective
curt m (feminine singular curta, masculine plural cursc, feminine plural curtes)
- brief, short
Related terms
- scurter
Old French
Noun
curt f (oblique plural curz or curtz, nominative singular curt, nominative plural curz or curtz)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of cort
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brusk
English
Adjective
brusk (comparative brusker or more brusk, superlative bruskest or most brusk)
- (US) Alternative spelling of brusque
Anagrams
- Burks, burks
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse brjósk (“cartilage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brusk/, [b??us??]
Noun
brusk c (singular definite brusken, plural indefinite bruske)
- cartilage, gristle
Inflection
Further reading
- brusk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
brus +? -k
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [brusk]
Noun
brusk m
- Diminutive of brus
Declension
Further reading
- brusk in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- brusk in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse brjósk.
Noun
brusk n (definite singular brusket, indefinite plural brusk, definite plural bruska)
- cartilage, gristle
References
- “brusk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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