Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short form

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English

Syllables
short- -form
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

short forms (plural)

Synonyms

clipping shortening

Questions

What does short form mean?
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.

How to pronounce short form

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