"short form" meaning in English

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Noun

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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 60 40 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 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 47 53 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'shortened form of an adjective, used predicatively': 25 75

Inflected forms

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