schort

== English == === Adjective === schort (comparative more schort, superlative most schort) Obsolete form of short. === Anagrams === Storch == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch schorte, from Old Dutch *scurta, from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“apron”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sxɔrt/ Hyphenation: schort Rhymes: -ɔrt === Noun === schort f or n (plural schorten, diminutive schortje n) apron (article of clothing) ==== Derived terms ==== loodschort voorschort ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: skorte → Indonesian: skort (“medical gown”) → Papiamentu: skòrt, schortsje, skortje == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === schort second-person plural preterite of scheren == Middle English == === Alternative forms === schorte, short, shorte === Etymology === From Old English sċort, from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz. Akin to Middle High German schurz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɔrt/ === Adjective === schort short (as opposed to being tall or long) short (in duration), brief, quick ephemeral, having a short lifetime scarce, rare, scanty mean, rude, disrespectful ==== Descendants ==== English: short Scots: short, schort ==== References ==== “short, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018. === Noun === schort (uncountable) shortness, being short A short duration or time. brevity, conciseness (poetry) A short metrical foot. ==== References ==== “short, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.