écourter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French escurter, from Late Latin excurtāre, from Latin curtāre. By surface analysis, é- +‎ court +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kuʁ.te/
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Verb

écourter

  1. to shorten, curtail (make shorter e.g. by cutting)
  2. (reflexive) to shorten (become shorter)
  3. to dock, clip (cut the tail of e.g. a dog)
  4. to cut short, curtail (shorten the time of something)
  5. to cut short, cut

Conjugation

Conjugation of écourter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple écourter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple écourtant
/e.kuʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle écourté
/e.kuʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present écourte
/e.kuʁt/ 		écourtes
/e.kuʁt/ 		écourte
/e.kuʁt/ 		écourtons
/e.kuʁ.tɔ̃/ 		écourtez
/e.kuʁ.te/ 		écourtent
/e.kuʁt/
imperfect écourtais
/e.kuʁ.tɛ/ 		écourtais
/e.kuʁ.tɛ/ 		écourtait
/e.kuʁ.tɛ/ 		écourtions
/e.kuʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		écourtiez
/e.kuʁ.tje/ 		écourtaient
/e.kuʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 écourtai
/e.kuʁ.te/ 		écourtas
/e.kuʁ.ta/ 		écourta
/e.kuʁ.ta/ 		écourtâmes
/e.kuʁ.tam/ 		écourtâtes
/e.kuʁ.tat/ 		écourtèrent
/e.kuʁ.tɛʁ/
future écourterai
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		écourteras
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		écourtera
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		écourterons
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		écourterez
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		écourteront
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional écourterais
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		écourterais
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		écourterait
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		écourterions
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		écourteriez
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁje/ 		écourteraient
/e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present écourte
/e.kuʁt/ 		écourtes
/e.kuʁt/ 		écourte
/e.kuʁt/ 		écourtions
/e.kuʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		écourtiez
/e.kuʁ.tje/ 		écourtent
/e.kuʁt/
imperfect2 écourtasse
/e.kuʁ.tas/ 		écourtasses
/e.kuʁ.tas/ 		écourtât
/e.kuʁ.ta/ 		écourtassions
/e.kuʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		écourtassiez
/e.kuʁ.ta.sje/ 		écourtassent
/e.kuʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — écourte
/e.kuʁt/ 		— écourtons
/e.kuʁ.tɔ̃/ 		écourtez
/e.kuʁ.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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