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truncate

  • /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/ UK
  • [tɹ̝̊ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t] UK
  • [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t] UK
  • /ˈtɹʌŋˌke̯ɪ̯t/ US
  • [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t] US
  • [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t] US
  • /tɹäŋˈkæɪ̯t/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [tɹ̝̊ʷäŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand
  • [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷäŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand
  • /tɹɐŋˈkæɪ̯t/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [tɹ̝̊ʷɐ̞ŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand
  • [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɐ̞ŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.

verb truncates · truncating · truncated

  1. transitive To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off. The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.
  2. transitive To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
  3. To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

Similar: round down

adjective more truncate · most truncate

  1. Truncated.
  2. Having an abrupt termination.

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verb

Similar: round down

Translations

Every language

verb shorten something as if by cutting off part of it

Españoltruncar
Portuguêstruncar
Françaistronquer
Deutschkürzen, abschneiden
Italianotroncare
Ελληνικάκονταίνω kontaíno
Русскийусека́ть usekátʹ
Tiếng Việtcắt xén
العربيةبَتَرَ batara, شَذَّبَ šaḏḏaba, قَطَعَ qaṭaʕa, قَلَّمَ qallama

verb shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop

Españoltruncar
Portuguêsarredondar
Françaistronquer
Ελληνικάπερικόπτω perikópto

adj truncated

Españoltruncado
Portuguêstruncado
Françaistronqué
Ελληνικάκολοβός kolovós, περικομμένος perikomménos
Русскийусечённый usečónnyj

adj botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination

Ελληνικάκολοβός kolovós, ακρωτηριασμένος akrotiriasménos
Русскийукоро́ченный ukoróčennyj

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@misc{truncate_2026,
  title = {truncate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/truncate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}