écourter

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ court +‎ -er, corresponding to Old French escurter. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *excurtāre, from Latin curtāre, present active infinitive of curtō. Compare Occitan escortar, Italian scortare (dialectal), Romanian scurta, Friulian scurtâ, Ladin scurter.

Verb

écourter

  1. to shorten, curtail (make shorter e.g. by cutting)
  2. (reflexive) to shorten (become shorter)
  3. to dock, clip (cut the tail of e.g. a dog)
  4. to cut short, curtail (shorten the time of something)
  5. to cut short, cut

Conjugation
Conjugation of écourter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle écourtant
/e.kuʁ.tɑ̃/
past participle écourté
/e.kuʁ.te/
infinitive
simple écourter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple écourtant
/e.kuʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present écourte
/e.kuʁt/		 écourtes
/e.kuʁt/		 écourte
/e.kuʁt/		 écourtons
/e.kuʁ.tɔ̃/		 écourtez
/e.kuʁ.te/		 écourtent
/e.kuʁt/
imperfect écourtais
/e.kuʁ.tɛ/		 écourtais
/e.kuʁ.tɛ/		 écourtait
/e.kuʁ.tɛ/		 écourtions
/e.kuʁ.tjɔ̃/		 écourtiez
/e.kuʁ.tje/		 écourtaient
/e.kuʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 écourtai
/e.kuʁ.te/		 écourtas
/e.kuʁ.ta/		 écourta
/e.kuʁ.ta/		 écourtâmes
/e.kuʁ.tam/		 écourtâtes
/e.kuʁ.tat/		 écourtèrent
/e.kuʁ.tɛʁ/
future écourterai
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁe/		 écourteras
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁa/		 écourtera
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁa/		 écourterons
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 écourterez
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁe/		 écourteront
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional écourterais
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 écourterais
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 écourterait
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 écourterions
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 écourteriez
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁje/		 écourteraient
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present écourte
/e.kuʁt/		 écourtes
/e.kuʁt/		 écourte
/e.kuʁt/		 écourtions
/e.kuʁ.tjɔ̃/		 écourtiez
/e.kuʁ.tje/		 écourtent
/e.kuʁt/
imperfect2 écourtasse
/e.kuʁ.tas/		 écourtasses
/e.kuʁ.tas/		 écourtât
/e.kuʁ.ta/		 écourtassions
/e.kuʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 écourtassiez
/e.kuʁ.ta.sje/		 écourtassent
/e.kuʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — écourte
/e.kuʁt/		 — écourtons
/e.kuʁ.tɔ̃/		 écourtez
/e.kuʁ.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
  • écourtement
  • écourticher

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