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 | brièvement {adv} | briefly [quickly, for a short time] | |
| préparé {adj} {past-p} | prepped [coll.] [short for: prepared] | |
| à court terme {adv} | quickly [at short notice] | |
| trapu {adj} [bâtiment : peu élevé, homme : râblé] | squat [building : low-built, man : short and stocky] | |
| boulot {adj} [fam.] [gros et court] | tubby [coll.] [short and fat] | |
| Verbs |
| écourter qc. | to curtail sth. [cut short] | |
| Nouns |
| milliard {m} | 5 billion <bn.> [short scale: 10^9] | |
| pause {f} [moment de repos] | 4 break [short rest] | |
| naut. coup {m} de tabac [fam.] | [French maritime slang for: short and violent storm] | |
| anat. muscles {m.pl} abdominaux [Musculi abdominis] | abs [coll.] [short for: abdominal muscles] | |
| internet Anons {m.pl} | Anons {pl} [short for members of the Anonymous hacktivist group] | |
| mus. relig. antienne {f} | antiphon [a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain, where the texts are the Psalms] | |
| astron. étoile {f} binaire | binary [short for: binary star] | |
| nerf {m} de bœuf | blackjack [esp. Am.] [short cudgel] | |
| bip {m} [signal électrique] | blip [short electronic sound] | |
| pol. UE Brexit {m} [fam.] [retrait du Royaume-Uni de l'Union européenne] | Brexit [coll.] [short for: British exit from the EU] | |
| balayette {f} | brush [short-handled broom] | |
| visite {f} [courte visite] | call [short visit] | |
| biochim. hydrate {m} de carbone | carb [short for: carbohydrate] | |
| armes carabine {f} | carbine [rifle with short barrel] | |
| biochim. glucides {m.pl} | carbs [short for: carbohydrates] | |
| somme {m} | catnap [coll.] [short sleep] | |
| méd. chimio {f} [fam.] [chimiothérapie] | chemo [coll.] [short for: chemotherapy] | |
| favoris {m.pl} [barbe] | chops [short for muttonchops] | |
| méd. covid {f} [aussi {m}] [fam.] | corona [coll.] [short for: coronavirus] | |
| vêt. costume {m} de bain [maillot de bain] [can.] [suisse] | cozzie [Br.] [Aus.] [coll.] [short for: swimming costume] | |
| arts décalcomanie {f} | decal [short for decalcomania] | |
| édition inform. littérat. livrel {m} [can.] [dérivé de livre électronique] | ebook [spv.] [short for: electronic book] | |
| tendance {f} | fad [short trend] | |
| écon. fin. Réserve {f} fédérale [banque centrale des États-Unis] | Fed [short] [Federal Reserve (System)] | |
| écon. fin. Banque {f} centrale américaine | Fed [short] [Federal Reserve (System)] | |
| électr. hydro. ind. barrage {m} hydroélectrique | hydro [short for: hydroelectric power station] | |
| électr. hydro. ind. centrale {f} hydroélectrique | hydro [short for: hydroelectric power station] | |
| pièce {f} d'identité | ID [short] [identification] | |
| unit kilo {m} [abréviation de kilogramme] | kilo [short] [kilogram] | |
| ingén. sci. tech. nanotechnologie {f} | nanotech [short for nanotechnology] | |
| somme {m} | nap [short sleep] | |
| monnaie billet {m} [courte lettre, de banque] | note [short letter] [Br.: bank note] | |
| cuis. flocons {m.pl} d'avoine | oats [short for: porridge oats, oat flakes] | |
| prérequis {m} | prereq [short for prerequisite] | |
| condition {f} préalable | prereq [short for prerequisite] | |
| trillion {m} [échelle longue : 10^18] | quintillion [short scale: 10^18] | |
| vêt. culottes {f.pl} courtes [short, pantalon] | shorts [Br.] [short trousers] | |
| somme {m} | snooze [coll.] [short sleep] | |
| combat {m} d'entrainement [boxe] | spar [short training fight in boxing] | |
| naut. goélette {f} à trois mâts | tern [short for: tern schooner] | |
| billion {m} | trillion [short scale: 10^12] | |
| tourisme zoo {m} | zoo [short for zoological garden] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| de petite taille {adj} | vertically challenged [coll.] [hum.] [person: short in height] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| tech. cadenas {m} à chiffres | combo lock [coll.] [short for: combination lock] | |
| bicyc. électr. vélo {m} électrique <VAE> | e-bike [short for: electric bicycle] | |
| bicyc. électr. vélo {m} à assistance électrique <VAE> | e-bike [short for: electric bicycle] | |
| édition inform. littérat. livrel {m} [can.] [dérivé de livre électronique] | e-book [short for: electronic book] | |
| inform. littérat. livre {m} numérique | e-book [short for: electronic book] | |
| qualité cahier {m} des charges | functional spec <FS> [short: functional specification] | |
| cuis. boisson {f} iso [fam.] [boisson isotonique] | iso drink [coll.] [short for: isotonic drink] | |
| hist. pol. Parti {m} national-socialiste des travailleurs allemands | Nazi Party [short for: National Socialist German Workers' Party] | |
| brûle-gueule {m} [la pipe à tuyau très courte] | nose warmer [coll.] [short-stemmed pipe] | |
| électr. carte {f} PC | PC board <PCB> [short: printed circuit board] | |
| comm. fin. terminal {m} de paiement électronique <TPE> | POS terminal [short for: point of sale] | |
| matériel résistance {f} à la traction | ultimate strength <US> [short for: ultimate tensile strength] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| être à court de qc. | to be pushed for sth. [coll.] [short of] | |
| être à court de qc. [monnaie] | to be strapped for sth. [coll.] [short of] | |
| faire un bécot à qn. | to give sb. a peck [short kiss] | |
| faire un saut [loc.] | to make a trip [Br.] [idiom] [go on a short jourrney] | |
| faire un (petit) somme | to take a nap [short sleep] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| méd. être sous perfusion | to be on an IV [short for: ... an intravenous line] | |
| méd. mettre qn. sous perfusion | to insert an IV in sb. [short for: ... an intravenous line] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| dr. UE règlement {m} général sur la protection des données <RGPD> | General Data Protection Regulation <GDPR> [short title] | |
| journée {f} internationale dédiée à la mémoire des victimes de l'Holocauste [le 27 janvier] | International Holocaust Remembrance Day [short for: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust] | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| film F Les Tueurs | The Killers [short story: Ernest Hemingway, films: Robert Siodmak (1946), Andrei Tarkovsky et al. (1956)] | |
