Curtailed

/kɜrˈteɪld/ adjective

Definition

Made shorter or reduced; cut short or reduced in extent, amount, or duration.

Etymology

From 'curtail,' which comes from Middle French 'courtault' (short-tailed horse), from Old French 'court' (short) plus '-tail,' originally referring to cutting off a horse's tail.

Kelly Says

A curtailed horse in medieval times was literally one with a docked tail—over time the word became metaphorical, describing anything cut short!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ዝርዝር
zir-zir
ARالعربية
قصير
qasiir
BNবাংলা
সংক্ষিপ্ত
son-khip-to
CACatalà
reducit
re-doo-sit
CSČeština
zkrácený
zkra-ce-nyy
DADansk
forkort
for-kort
DEDeutsch
verkürzt
ver-k-ürt
ELΕλληνικά
συρρικνωμένος
sir-ri-k-no-men-os
ESEspañol
reducido
re-doo-si-do
FAفارسی
کوتاه
ko-tah
FISuomi
lyhennetty
lyhen-netty
FRFrançais
réduit
re-doo-ee
GUGU
કમ
kam
HAHA
kwan
kwan
HEעברית
קוצר
ko-tser
HIहिन्दी
कम किया गया
kam ki-ya gaya
HUMagyar
rövidített
ro-vid-it
IDBahasa Indonesia
dipersingkat
di-per-sin-gkat
IGIG
nwere
nwere
ITItaliano
ridotto
ri-dot-to
JA日本語
短縮
tan-shoku
KKKK
қысқартылған
ky-sqar-tyl-gan
KMKM
តាមប្រព័ន្ធ
ta-am pra-p-phon
KO한국어
축소
chook-so
MRMR
कमी
ka-mee
MSBahasa Melayu
pendek
pen-dek
MYမြန်မာ
ကျဉ်း
kyin
NLNederlands
verkort
ver-kort
NONorsk
forkortet
for-kor-tet
PAPA
ਕੁTRUNC
ku-trun-c
PLPolski
skrócony
skro-ko-nyy
PTPortuguês
reduzido
re-doo-zi-do
RORomână
scurtat
skurt-at
RUРусский
укороченный
u-kor-o-chen-nyy
SVSvenska
kortat
kort-at
SWKiswahili
fupi
foo-pi
TAதமிழ்
குறைக்கப்பட்டது
ku-rai-kka-pa-ttu
TEతెలుగు
కట్టించబడింది
kat-ti-n-cha-ba-di-ndi
THไทย
สั้นลง
sane-long
TLTL
pinipinta
pi-ni-pin-ta
TRTürkçe
kısa tutulmuş
ki-sa tut-u-luş
UKУкраїнська
скорочений
skor-o-chen-iy
URاردو
کوتھا
ko-tha
VITiếng Việt
bị rút ngắn
bi rut ngan
YOYO
ṣeṣe
she-she
ZH中文
缩短
suōduǎn
ZUZU
isifushane
si-fu-sha-ne

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