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short:
- petit
- brusque; abrupt; brusquement; d'un ton brusque; éphémère; transitoire; périssable; fugitif; fugace
Wiktionary:
- be short → manquer
- short → court, petit, bref
- short → court-circuiter
- short → à court
- short → court, revêche, brusque, rude, économe, parcimonieux, ménager, parcimonieuse, avare, bref, à court terme

English

Detailed Translations for be short from English to French

be short form of short:

short adj

short (small; little; tiny; minuscule; diminutive; undersized; inferior; inadequate; low-grade; middling; shortish)
petit
- petit adj

short adj

short (abrupt; blunt; curt; steep)
brusque; abrupt; brusquement; d'un ton brusque
- brusque adj
- abrupt adj
- brusquement adj
- d'un ton brusque adj
short (perishing; evanescent; transient; volatile; transitory; temporary; fleeting; passing; momentary; perfunctory; superficial; of short duration; brief; close; casual; current; empty; null; informal; cursory)
éphémère; transitoire; périssable; fugitif; fugace
- éphémère adj
- transitoire adj
- périssable adj
- fugitif adj
- fugace adj

Translation Matrix for short:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
fugitif		deserter; refugee; runaway
petit		baby; bint; child; cub; infant; kid; kiddy; kitten; lass; little child; little girl; little kid; nipper; pup; puppy; small child; small one; tike; tiny tot; toddler; tot; tyke; young
-	short circuit; shortstop
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	short-change; short-circuit
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	brusk; brusque; curt; forgetful; inadequate; light; little; myopic; poor; scant; shortsighted; unforesightful; unretentive
Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	abruptly; curtly; dead; shortly; suddenly; unawares
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	short in stature; short of stature
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
abrupt	abrupt; blunt; curt; short; steep	abrupt; abruptly; all at once; all of a sudden; at once; blunt; brusque; fast; out of the blue; quick; rapid; speedy; sudden; suddenly; swift; swiftly; unexpectedly
brusque	abrupt; blunt; curt; short; steep	abrupt; abruptly; all at once; all of a sudden; at once; blunt; brusque; cantankerous; crabbed; crusty; fast; gruff; grumpy; nagging; out of the blue; quick; rapid; rigid; speedy; sudden; suddenly; sullen; surly; swift; swiftly; unexpectedly
brusquement	abrupt; blunt; curt; short; steep	abrupt; abruptly; all at once; all of a sudden; at once; blunt; brusque; fast; out of the blue; quick; rapid; speedy; sudden; suddenly; swift; swiftly; unexpectedly
d'un ton brusque	abrupt; blunt; curt; short; steep	abrupt; all at once; all of a sudden; at once; blunt; brusque; fast; out of the blue; quick; rapid; speedy; sudden; suddenly; swift; unexpectedly
fugace	brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile	brief; cursory; fast; temporal
fugitif	brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile	absconding; in flight; on the run
petit	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized	bashfull; cramped; diffident; minuscule; narrow; narrow minded; petty; small; tight; tiny
périssable	brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile	perishable
transitoire	brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile	brief; cursory; fast; for now; in the near future; in the time coming
éphémère	brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile	brief; cursory; fast; temporal

Related Words for "short":

shortness, shortest, shortly, shorten

Synonyms for "short":

abbreviated; shortened; truncated; brief; little; clipped; fleeting; fugitive; momentaneous; momentary; short and sweet; short-dated; short-range; short-run; short-term
close; curtal; sawed-off; sawn-off; shortish; short-snouted; snub; stubby; telescoped; truncate
chunky; dumpy; low-set; squat; squatty; stumpy; half-length; pint-size; pint-sized; runty; short-stalked; squab; squabby; small; little; low
inadequate; poor; insufficient; deficient
unretentive; forgetful; unmindful; mindless
light; scant
shortsighted; unforesightful; myopic; improvident
breakable
brusque; brusk; curt; discourteous
tract; piece of land; piece of ground; parcel of land; parcel
short circuit; contact; tangency
shortstop; position
short-change; victimize; swindle; rook; goldbrick; nobble; diddle; bunco; defraud; scam; mulct; gyp; gip; hornswoggle; con
short-circuit; make; create
abruptly; suddenly; dead
unawares
curtly; shortly

Antonyms for "short":

long; tall; retentive

Related Definitions for "short":

marked by rude or peremptory shortness¹
- the salesgirl was very short with him¹
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening¹
- shortbread is a short crumbly cookie¹
- a short flaky pie crust¹
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length¹
- short skirts¹
- short hair¹
- the board was a foot short¹
- a short toss¹
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration¹
- a short life¹
- a short flight¹
- a short holiday¹
- a short story¹
- only a few short months¹
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration¹
- the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short¹
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices¹
- a short sale¹
- short in cotton¹
lacking foresight or scope¹
- a short view of the problem¹
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range¹
- a short memory¹
not sufficient to meet a need¹
- money is short¹
- on short rations¹
- food is in short supply¹
- short on experience¹
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so¹
- regularly gives short weight¹
low in stature; not tall¹
- he was short and stocky¹
- short in stature¹
- a short smokestack¹
quickly and without warning¹
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner¹
- he talked short with everyone¹
at a disadvantage¹
- I was caught short¹
so as to interrupt¹
- She took him up short before he could continue¹
at some point or distance before a goal is reached¹
- he fell short of our expectations¹
clean across¹
- the car's axle snapped short¹
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold¹
- he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash¹
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base¹
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed¹
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference¹
create a short circuit in¹
cheat someone by not returning him enough money¹

Wiktionary Translations for short:

short

adjective

having a small distance between ends or edges
- short → court
of a person, of comparatively little height
- short → petit; bref
having little duration
- short → court; bref

verb

transitive: to cause a short circuit
- short → court-circuiter

short

adjective

Petit de taille
- bref → short
De petite longueur ou qui n’a pas la longueur moyenne des objets du même genre.
- court → short; brief

adverb

(familier, fr) En manque de.
- à court → short; out

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• short	→ court	↔ kort — van geringe lengte
• short	→ court	↔ kort — van geringe duur
• short	→ revêche; brusque; rude	↔ barsch — (im übertragenen Sinn) bezüglich Sprache, Handlung: (unfreundlich Unterton durchklingen) rau, (allzu) knapp gefasst
• short	→ économe; parcimonieux; ménager; parcimonieuse; avare	↔ karg — mit dem, was man zu geben bereit ist, zurückhaltend
• short	→ court; bref	↔ kurz — wenig Zeit benötigend
• short	→ court; bref	↔ kurz — wenig Worte benötigend
• short	→ court	↔ kurz — wenig Länge habend
• short	→ à court terme	↔ kurzfristig — von kurzer Dauer, für kurze Zeit

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Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• be short	→ manquer	↔ fehlen — nicht vorhanden sein

Related Translations for be short

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be short form of short:

short adj

short (small; little; tiny; minuscule; diminutive; undersized; inferior; inadequate; low-grade; middling; shortish)

short adj

short (abrupt; blunt; curt; steep)

short (perishing; evanescent; transient; volatile; transitory; temporary; fleeting; passing; momentary; perfunctory; superficial; of short duration; brief; close; casual; current; empty; null; informal; cursory)

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