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scurt¹

  • /ˈskurt/

Rhymes with -urt

Where it comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excurtus, from Latin curtus (“short”); the initial s- may also have been added later in Romanian, or appeared as a result of the influence of scurta, from excurtare. Compare also Aromanian shcurtu. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

adjective scurtă · scurți · scurte · scurt

  1. masculine, neuter, of length short
  2. masculine, neuter, of duration short, brief

Opposite: lung

Scurt²

Where it comes from

From scurt.

proper noun lui Scurt

  1. masculine a surname

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adjective

Opposite: lung

In English

  • brief of short duration
  • short having a small distance between ends or edges

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"scurt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/scurt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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scurt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/scurt

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"scurt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/scurt.

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@misc{scurt_2026,
  title = {scurt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/scurt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}