excerpt

== English == === Etymology === From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t/, /ɛɡˈzɜː(p)t/, /ɛkˈsɜː(p)t/, /ˈɛksɜː(p)t/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛɡzɝ(p)t/, /ɛɡˈzɝ(p)t/, /ɛkˈsɝ(p)t/, /ˈɛksɝ(p)t/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈeɡzɜː(p)t/, /eɡˈzɜː(p)t/, /ekˈsɜː(p)t/, /ˈeksɜː(p)t/ === Noun === excerpt (plural excerpts) A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === excerpt (third-person singular simple present excerpts, present participle excerpting, simple past and past participle excerpted) (transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “excerpt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “excerpt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin excerptus === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛɡˈsæɐ̯bd] === Noun === excerpt n (singular definite excerptet, plural indefinite excerpter) (uncommon) excerpt Synonym: uddrag ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “excerpt” in Den Danske Ordbog