different between curt vs short-lived

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)

1. Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.

   Synonym: brusque
2. Short or concise.

Translations

Verb

curt (third-person singular simple present curts, present participle curting, simple past and past participle curted)

1. (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.

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)

1. 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)

1. short

Related terms

• scurtâ

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin curtus.

Adjective

curt m (feminine singular curta, masculine plural cursc, feminine plural curtes)

1. brief, short

Related terms

• scurter

Old French

Noun

curt f (oblique plural curz or curtz, nominative singular curt, nominative plural curz or curtz)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of cort

English

Alternative forms

• shortlived

Etymology

From short +? lived (“having a life, lifed”), equivalent to short +? life +? -ed. Compare Middle English short-livi, sort-levi (“short-lived”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???t?l?vd/, /???t?la?vd/; see usage notes below

Adjective

short-lived (comparative shorter-lived, superlative shortest-lived)

1. Alive or existent for only a short period of time.

Usage notes

• The pronunciation /???t?la?vd/ (the second syllable rhyming with hived) is more consistent with the etymology (since the term comes from the noun life rather than the verb live), and was formerly more common; however, the pronunciation /???t?l?vd/ (the second syllable pronounced as the verb lived) is more common today.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Antonyms

• long-lasting

Related terms

• brief
• fleeting
• momentary

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