noun🔗ShareCourt-circuitA short circuit."The faulty electrical wiring caused a short circuit, plunging the whole house into darkness. "Le câblage électrique défectueux a provoqué un court-circuit, plongeant toute la maison dans l'obscurité.electronicstechnicalphysicsenergyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCourt métrageA short film."My sister's film class made a short about their dog. "Le cours de cinéma de ma sœur a réalisé un court métrage sur son chien.mediaentertainmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareShortA short version of a garment in a particular size."38 short suits fit me right off the rack."Les costumes en short de taille 38 me vont parfaitement.wearitemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareArrêt-courtA shortstop."Jones smashes a grounder between third and short."Jones frappe une balle au sol entre le troisième but et l'arrêt-court.sportpositionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVendeur à découvertA short seller."The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne."La baisse du marché était terrible, mais les vendeurs à découvert achetaient du champagne.businessfinanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVente à découvertA short sale."He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months."Il a clôturé sa vente à découvert avec une perte modeste après trois mois.businessfinancepropertyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRésuméA summary account."The teacher gave a short of the chapter's main points before the test. "Le professeur a fait un résumé des principaux points du chapitre avant le test.storywritingliteratureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSon court, syllabe, voyelleA short sound, syllable, or vowel."The "short" of the word "butter" is just one syllable. "Le « son court » du mot « butter » ne comporte qu'une seule syllabe.languagegrammarlinguisticsphoneticssoundessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEntier courtAn integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long."The program used a short data type for storing student IDs, as they are always less than 65,536. "Le programme a utilisé un type de données entier court pour stocker les identifiants des étudiants, car ils sont toujours inférieurs à 65 536.computingtechnologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCourt, raccourciAn automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles."The thieves used a short to get into the parked cars. "Les voleurs ont utilisé un raccourci pour entrer dans les voitures garées.vehiclepoliceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCourt-circuiterTo cause a short circuit in (something)."The faulty electrical cord shorted the entire room's lighting system. "Le cordon électrique défectueux a court-circuité tout le système d'éclairage de la pièce.electronicstechnologyelectricessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCourt-circuiterOf an electrical circuit, to short circuit."The faulty wire in the lamp short-circuited, causing a small fire. "Le fil défectueux de la lampe a court-circuité, provoquant un petit incendie.electronicselectrictechnicaltechnologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTromper, flouerTo shortchange."The store owner shortchanged my grandmother by a dollar on her grocery bill. "Le commerçant a floué ma grand-mère d'un dollar sur sa facture d'épicerie.businesseconomyfinanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSous-estimer, donner moins que prévuTo provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount."This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."C'est la troisième fois que je les prends à nous donner moins que prévu.businesseconomyfinanceamountessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVendre à découvertTo sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short."The student decided to short-sell some stock options, hoping the price would fall before the delivery date. "L'étudiant a décidé de vendre à découvert des options sur actions, espérant que le prix baisserait avant la date de livraison.businessfinanceeconomycommerceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRaccourcirTo shorten."The teacher shortened the lesson to fit the time remaining. "Le professeur a raccourci la leçon pour s'adapter au temps restant.actionlanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCourt, petitHaving a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically."The table was short, so we couldn't all sit around it comfortably. "La table était courte, donc nous ne pouvions pas tous nous asseoir confortablement autour.appearancequalityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePetit, de petite taille(of a person) Of comparatively small height."My little sister is short for her age. "Ma petite sœur est petite pour son âge.appearancepersonbodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCourt, brefHaving little duration."Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long."Notre réunion a duré six courtes minutes aujourd'hui. Chaque jour, le mois dernier, elle a duré au moins vingt minutes.timeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAbrégé, court(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another)."“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".""Phone" est l'abréviation de "telephone" et "asap" est l'abréviation de "as soon as possible".grammarlanguagewordessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareProche(of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman."The shortstop quickly fielded the grounder. "L'arrêt-court a attrapé la balle au sol rapidement.sportpositionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCourt(of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman."The tennis ball bounced short, landing well in front of the player. "La balle de tennis a rebondi court, atterrissant bien devant le joueur.sportessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCourt(of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole."The golfer's short approach shot landed several feet short of the green. "Le coup d'approche court du golfeur a atterri à plusieurs pieds du green.sportessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFriable(of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)"The pastry chef made a delicious, short crust for the apple pie. "Le pâtissier a fait une délicieuse pâte friable pour la tarte aux pommes.foodessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBref, court, brusque, secAbrupt; brief; pointed; petulant."He gave a short answer to the question."Il a donné une réponse brève à la question.characterattitudeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCourt, insuffisant, limitéLimited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty."a short supply of provisions"Un approvisionnement court en provisions.amountqualityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCourt, insuffisantInsufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking."The family was short on money this month, so they had to cut back on groceries. "La famille manquait d'argent ce mois-ci, ils ont donc dû réduire leurs dépenses alimentaires.amountbusinessfinanceeconomyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCourt, insuffisantDeficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard."an account which is short of the truth"Un récit qui manque de vérité.qualityamountessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePur, non coupéUndiluted; neat."The recipe called for short, undiluted vanilla extract. "La recette demandait de l'extrait de vanille pur, non coupé.drinkessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareProchain, brefNot distant in time; near at hand."The meeting is short; it starts in fifteen minutes. "La réunion est proche ; elle commence dans quinze minutes.timeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareÀ découvertBeing in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future."My aunt has a short position on the stock of the local bakery, expecting its price to fall. "Ma tante a une position à découvert sur l'action de la boulangerie locale, s'attendant à ce que son prix baisse.businessfinanceeconomyassetessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareBrusquement, brièvementAbruptly, curtly, briefly."He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting."Il m'a interrompu brusquement à plusieurs reprises pendant la réunion.communicationcharacteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareSoudainement, à l'improvisteUnawares."The recent developments at work caught them short."Les récents développements au travail les ont pris à l'improviste.attitudecharacterstyleessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareSans atteindre un butWithout achieving a goal or requirement."His speech fell short of what was expected."Son discours n'a pas atteint les attentes.achievementoutcomeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareCourt(of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full."The cricket ball bounced short, so the batter had to move back to hit it. "La balle de cricket a rebondi court, donc le batteur a dû reculer pour la frapper.sportessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareCourtementWith a negative ownership position."We went short most finance companies in July."Nous avons pris des positions courtes sur la plupart des sociétés financières en juillet.financebusinesseconomypositionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition🔗ShareManque deDeficient in."The student's performance was short in effort; he didn't try hard enough. "La performance de l'élève manquait d'effort ; il n'a pas fait assez d'efforts.amountqualityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition🔗ShareAvantHaving a negative position in."I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend."Je ne veux pas être avant le marché en ce week-end.positionnegativeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading