"short form" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: short forms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} short form (plural short forms)
  1. (phonetics) A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation. Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: clipping, shortening Translations (word formed by removing syllables from another): forme tronquée [feminine] (French), Kurzform [feminine] (German), Kurzwort [neuter] (German), kortform [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kortform [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), formă scurtă (Romanian), кра́ткая фо́рма (krátkaja fórma) [feminine] (Russian), сокраще́ние (sokraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), ffurf dalfyredig [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-short_form-en-noun-pybcwC7p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'word formed by removing syllables from another': 88 12
  2. (grammar) Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (shortened form of an adjective, used predicatively): forma curta [feminine] (Portuguese), кра́ткая фо́рма (krátkaja fórma) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-short_form-en-noun-gHLzqdWw Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'shortened form of an adjective, used predicatively': 22 78

Inflected forms

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