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Detailed Translations for shortens from English to French

shortens form of shorten:

to shorten verbe (shortens, shortened, shortening)

  1. to shorten (recapitulate; condense)
    résumer; récapituler; faire un résumé de
    • résumer verbe (résume, résumes, résumons, résumez, )
    • récapituler verbe (récapitule, récapitules, récapitulons, récapitulez, )
  2. to shorten (curtail; crop; abridge; trim; clip)
    raccourcir; écourter; réduire; diminuer
    • raccourcir verbe (raccourcis, raccourcit, raccourcissons, raccourcissez, )
    • écourter verbe (écourte, écourtes, écourtons, écourtez, )
    • réduire verbe (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • diminuer verbe (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
  3. to shorten (abbreviate)
    abréger; réduire; résumer; raccourcir; écourter
    • abréger verbe (abrège, abrèges, abrégeons, abrégez, )
    • réduire verbe (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • résumer verbe (résume, résumes, résumons, résumez, )
    • raccourcir verbe (raccourcis, raccourcit, raccourcissons, raccourcissez, )
    • écourter verbe (écourte, écourtes, écourtons, écourtez, )
  4. to shorten (abridge; cut down; cut short)
    raccourcir; écourter; diminuer; réduire; abréger
    • raccourcir verbe (raccourcis, raccourcit, raccourcissons, raccourcissez, )
    • écourter verbe (écourte, écourtes, écourtons, écourtez, )
    • diminuer verbe (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • réduire verbe (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • abréger verbe (abrège, abrèges, abrégeons, abrégez, )
  5. to shorten (reduce; minimize; scale down; )
    minimiser; diminuer; écourter; réduire; raccourcir
    • minimiser verbe (minimise, minimises, minimisons, minimisez, )
    • diminuer verbe (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • écourter verbe (écourte, écourtes, écourtons, écourtez, )
    • réduire verbe (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • raccourcir verbe (raccourcis, raccourcit, raccourcissons, raccourcissez, )
  6. to shorten (just stay for a while; make short)
    raccourcir
    • raccourcir verbe (raccourcis, raccourcit, raccourcissons, raccourcissez, )
  7. to shorten

Conjugations for shorten:

present
  1. shorten
  2. shorten
  3. shortens
  4. shorten
  5. shorten
  6. shorten
simple past
  1. shortened
  2. shortened
  3. shortened
  4. shortened
  5. shortened
  6. shortened
present perfect
  1. have shortened
  2. have shortened
  3. has shortened
  4. have shortened
  5. have shortened
  6. have shortened
past continuous
  1. was shortening
  2. were shortening
  3. was shortening
  4. were shortening
  5. were shortening
  6. were shortening
future
  1. shall shorten
  2. will shorten
  3. will shorten
  4. shall shorten
  5. will shorten
  6. will shorten
continuous present
  1. am shortening
  2. are shortening
  3. is shortening
  4. are shortening
  5. are shortening
  6. are shortening
subjunctive
  1. be shortened
  2. be shortened
  3. be shortened
  4. be shortened
  5. be shortened
  6. be shortened
diverse
  1. shorten!
  2. let's shorten!
  3. shortened
  4. shortening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for shorten:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
diminuer tiring out; wearing out
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abréger abbreviate; abridge; cut down; cut short; shorten
diminuer abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; minimise; minimize; reduce; scale down; shorten; trim be shortcoming; curtail; cut down; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; economise; economize; fall; go down; go thieving; lessen; make smaller; mark down; moderate; recoil; recoil from; reduce; regress; remove; save; scale down; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; sink; take away; tumble; use sparingly; wain; waining; withdraw
faire un résumé de condense; recapitulate; shorten
minimiser crop; minimise; minimize; reduce; scale down; shorten; trim decrease; diminish; gloss over; play down; reduce; shrink; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize
raccourcir abbreviate; abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; just stay for a while; make short; minimise; minimize; reduce; scale down; shorten; trim clip; cut; cut close; cut down; economise; economize; pare; save; skim; trim
rendre étroit shorten
récapituler condense; recapitulate; shorten recapitulate; sum up; summarise; summarize
réduire abbreviate; abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; minimise; minimize; reduce; scale down; shorten; trim be shortcoming; boil down; collapse; concentrate; condense; convert; curtail; cut down; decline; decrease; diminish; dwindle; economise; economize; go down; go thieving; lessen; make smaller; mark down; minimize; moderate; reduce; regress; remove; save; scale down; shrink; shrink away; sink; take away; thicken; use sparingly; wain; waining
résumer abbreviate; condense; recapitulate; shorten excerpt; extract; exurpt; make an excerpt from; make an extract from; outline; recapitulate; sum up; summarise; summarize; take up the thread of one's narrative
écourter abbreviate; abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; minimise; minimize; reduce; scale down; shorten; trim
- abbreviate; abridge; bowdlerise; bowdlerize; castrate; contract; cut; expurgate; foreshorten; reduce
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- dish up; organise; organize; put down; put up

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Related Definitions for "shorten":

  1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate1
  2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements1
    • The manuscript must be shortened1
  3. become short or shorter1
    • In winter, the days shorten1
  4. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration1
    • He shortened his trip due to illness1
  5. make short or shorter1
    • shorten the skirt1
    • shorten the rope by a few inches1

Wiktionary Translations for shorten:

shorten
verb
  1. to make shorter
  2. to become shorter
shorten
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
shorten raccourcir kürzen — (transitiv) kürzer machen

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