shorty
French, noun/ʃɔʁ.ti/
shorty is spelled S-H-O-R-T-Y (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shorty is a French masculine noun meaning “boyshorts, French knickers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sous-vêtement, maillot de bain ou parfois vêtement pour femme destiné à couvrir le pubis, ressemblant à un…”.
What does shorty mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboyshorts, French knickers
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sous-vêtement, maillot de bain ou parfois vêtement pour femme destiné à couvrir le pubis, ressemblant à un short très court. 2. Short très 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 shorty
- shortys plural
- shorties plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shorty?
- /ʃɔʁ.ti/
- \ʃɔʁ.ti\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shorty
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shorty in French?
shorty appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).