"curt" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kɝt/ [General-American], /kɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-curt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: curter [comparative], curtest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Etymology: From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}}, {{bor|en|la|curtus|t=shortened}} Latin curtus (“shortened”), {{cog|nl|kort}} Dutch kort, {{cog|de|kurz}} German kurz, {{cog|gl|curto}} Galician curto, {{cog|fr|court}} French court, {{cog|it|corto}} Italian corto, {{cog|pt|curto}} Portuguese curto, {{cog|es|corto}} Spanish corto, {{doublet|en|short}} Doublet of short Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} curt (comparative curter, superlative curtest)
  1. Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: brusque, short Translations (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude): лаконичен (lakoničen) (Bulgarian), brusc (Catalan), eixut (Catalan), úsečný (Czech), odměřený (Czech), strohý (Czech), töykeä (Finnish), tyly (Finnish), abrupt [masculine] (French), sommaire (French), brüsk (German), knapp (German), kurzangebunden (German), barsch (German), schroff (German), kurta (Hungarian), gearr-abartha (Irish), gearrbhéalach (Irish), о́стар (óstar) (Macedonian), отрывистый (otryvistyj) (Russian), немногословный (nemnogoslovnyj) (Russian), односложный (odnosložnyj) (note: of a remark) (Russian), brysk (Swedish), tvär (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-curt-en-adj-qdqeiVCY Disambiguation of Personality: 77 9 14 Disambiguation of 'brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude': 88 12
  2. Short or concise. Translations (short or concise): кратък (kratǎk) (Bulgarian), сбит (sbit) (Bulgarian), strohý (Czech), bryskní (Czech), stručný (Czech), lyhyt (Finnish), tiivis (Finnish), niukkasanainen (Finnish), curto (Galician), kurz (German), kurzgefasst (German), rövid (Hungarian), rövidített (Hungarian), tömör (Hungarian), кра́ток (krátok) (Macedonian), зби́ен (zbíen) (Macedonian), сте́гнат (stégnat) (Macedonian), ла́конски (lákonski) (Macedonian), лаконичный (lakoničnyj) (Russian), сжатый (sžatyj) (Russian), corto (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-curt-en-adj-LkBGxczf Disambiguation of 'short or concise': 16 84

Verb

IPA: /kɝt/ [General-American], /kɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-curt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: curts [present, singular, third-person], curting [participle, present], curted [participle, past], curted [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Etymology: From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}}, {{bor|en|la|curtus|t=shortened}} Latin curtus (“shortened”), {{cog|nl|kort}} Dutch kort, {{cog|de|kurz}} German kurz, {{cog|gl|curto}} Galician curto, {{cog|fr|court}} French court, {{cog|it|corto}} Italian corto, {{cog|pt|curto}} Portuguese curto, {{cog|es|corto}} Spanish corto, {{doublet|en|short}} Doublet of short Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: obsolete, rare Derived forms: curtly, curtness, curtail, curtailment, kirtle Related terms: shirt, short, skirt
    Sense id: en-curt-en-verb-z8Xr~840 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 18 63 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 11 70

Inflected forms

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          "word": "rövid"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lakoničen",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "лаконичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "brusc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "eixut"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "úsečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "odměřený"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "strohý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "töykeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "tyly"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abrupt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "sommaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "brüsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "knapp"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "kurzangebunden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "barsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "schroff"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "kurta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "gearr-abartha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "gearrbhéalach"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óstar",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "о́стар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otryvistyj",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "отрывистый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nemnogoslovnyj",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "немногословный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of a remark",
      "roman": "odnosložnyj",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "односложный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "brysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude",
      "word": "tvär"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kratǎk",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "кратък"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sbit",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "сбит"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "strohý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "bryskní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "stručný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "lyhyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "tiivis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "niukkasanainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "curto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "kurz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "kurzgefasst"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "rövid"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "rövidített"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "tömör"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "krátok",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "кра́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zbíen",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "зби́ен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stégnat",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "сте́гнат"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lákonski",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "ла́конски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lakoničnyj",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "лаконичный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sžatyj",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "сжатый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "short or concise",
      "word": "corto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "curt"
}

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      "word": "curtness"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "curtailment"
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      "word": "kirtle"
    }
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      "form": "curts",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "curting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "shirt"
    },
    {
      "word": "short"
    },
    {
      "word": "skirt"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "English terms with rare senses"
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        "To cut, cut short, shorten."
      ],
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          "cut"
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          "cut short"
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        "(obsolete, rare) To cut, cut short, shorten."
      ],
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        "rare"
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      "ipa": "/kɜːt/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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        "Southern-England"
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  "subsection": "adjective",
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