curtail
English
/kɜːˈteɪl/, /kɚˈteɪl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cut short the tail of an animal
- (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
- (transitive) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
Etymology
Derived from Old French courtault (which has been shortened) derived from Latin curtus (short, shortened, incomplete, shortAdjective).
Origin
Latin
curtus
Gloss
short, shortened, incomplete, shortAdjective
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
短
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- curt English
- curtailable English
- curtailer English
- curtailest English
- curtaileth English
- curtailment English
- uncurtailable English
- *excurtus Latin
- curtius Latin
- curtiō Latin
- curto Latin
- curtus Latin
- curtāre Latin
- corto Italian
- куртка Russian
- cortabolsas Spanish, Castilian
- cortafuegos Spanish, Castilian
- cortaplumas Spanish, Castilian
- cortar Spanish, Castilian
- cortarramas Spanish, Castilian
- cortarrollos Spanish, Castilian
- cortavientos Spanish, Castilian
- corto Spanish, Castilian
- recortar Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European
- kort Norwegian Bokmål
- cortar Portuguese
- *kurt Proto-Germanic
- kort Norwegian Nynorsk
- cyrtel Old English
- *kurtil- Old Norse
- courtault Old French
- curt Old French
- curt Catalan, Valencian
- kursej Albanian
- *kurt gmw-pro
- *kurtil gmw-pro
- corto Old Portuguese
- curto Old Portuguese
- kort Middle Low German
- vorkorten Middle Low German
- shcurtu Aromanian
- *kortos Proto-Italic
- curtiu Asturian
- curt Friulian
- curto Venetian
- cùrto Ligurian
- cort Dalmatian
- korta Kabuverdianu
- curt Ladin
- curto Neapolitan
- corte Tarantino