short form

short form

See also: shortform

English

Noun

short form (plural short forms)

1. (phonetics) A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.

   "Tux" is a short form of "tuxedo".

   "Rob" is a short form of "Robert".

   Synonyms: clipping, shortening

2. (grammar) Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively.

   нов, нова, ново, новы (nov, nova, novo, novy) are short forms of новый (novyj).

Translations

word formed by removing syllables from another

Norwegian: Bokmål: kortform m or f Nynorsk: kortform f

Romanian: formă scurtă Russian: кра́ткая фо́рма (ru) f (krátkaja fórma), сокраще́ние (ru) n (sokraščénije)

shortened form of an adjective, used predicatively

Russian: кра́ткая фо́рма (ru) f (krátkaja fórma)