short
French, noun/ʃɔʁt/
short is spelled S-H-O-R-T (5 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Short is a French masculine noun meaning “shorts, short trousers (UK)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Culotte courte, ne couvrant que le haut des cuisses”.
What does short mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshorts, short trousers (UK)
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Culotte courte, ne couvrant que le haut des cuisses. 2. Vente à découvert.
adjective: 1. Court, en parlant d’une durée ou d’une quantité. 2. Pris de court.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of short
- shorts plural
- chorte
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce short?
- /ʃɔʁt/
- \ʃɔʁt\
- [œ̃ ʃɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to short
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is short in French?
short appears 8.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).