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/
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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)
infinitive simple écourter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple écourtant
/e.kuʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle écourté
/e.kuʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on 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 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

  • écourtement
  • écourticher

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