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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adverb
коро́че • (koróče)
- comparative degree of коро́ткий (korótkij)
- comparative degree of ко́ротко (kórotko)
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of коро́че говоря́ (koróče govorjá)
Adverb
коро́че • (koróče)
- (slang) in other words, long story short (as an introductory word)
- Synonym: коро́че говоря́ (koróče govorjá)
1999, И. Э. Кио (I. E. Kio), Иллюзии без иллюзий [Illusions without Illusions]:Вдру́г подса́живается ко мне их дире́ктор и про́сит: «Слу́шай, у на́шей соли́стки (называ́ет фами́лию изве́стной арти́стки) мигре́нь и́ли чёрт её зна́ет что, то ли она́ но́чью перепила́, то ли что́-то не зала́дилось на любо́вном фро́нте… Ну, коро́че, с голово́й у неё пло́хо.»- Vdrúg podsáživajetsja ko mne ix diréktor i prósit: «Slúšaj, u nášej solístki (nazyvájet famíliju izvéstnoj artístki) migrénʹ íli čort jejó znájet što, to li oná nóčʹju perepilá, to li štó-to ne zaládilosʹ na ljubóvnom frónte… Nu, koróče, s golovój u nejó plóxo.»
- Suddenly their manager sits down next to me and asks: “Listen, our lead (he names a famous performer) has a migraine or I don’t know what, maybe she drank too much last night, or there’s some issue with her love life… Anyway, long story short, something’s wrong with her head.”
- (slang) so, anyway (as an introductory word)
- Коро́че, ты сего́дня прихо́дишь и́ли нет? ― Koróče, ty sevódnja prixódišʹ íli net? ― So are you coming today or not?
Descendants
Interjection
коро́че • (koróče)
- (potentially impolite, colloquial) right; signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse
- Synonym: (familiar) сме́ним те́му (sménim tému)
- (impolite when opponent has finished their speech) a request to repeat statement in layman's terms; without fuss or needless words
- Synonyms: что (što), (familiar) повтори́ (povtorí)
- (impolite when opponent has not finished their speech) a request to shorten speech drastically; to conclude immediately
- Synonym: покоро́че (pokoróče)
Derived terms