écourter

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French escurter, from Late Latin excurtāre, from Latin curtāre. By surface analysis, é- +‎ court +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.kuʁ.te/ === Verb === écourter to shorten, curtail (make shorter e.g. by cutting) (reflexive) to shorten (become shorter) to dock, clip (cut the tail of e.g. a dog) to cut short, curtail (shorten the time of something) to cut short, cut ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== écourtement écourticher === Further reading === “écourter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012