short

A. n

• 1 (drink) alcool (m) fort

• 2 (film) court métrage (m)

B. n pl (shorts)

• short (m); (underwear) caleçon (m)

C. adj

• 1 [stay, memory, period] court/-e (before n); [course] de courte durée; [conversation, speech, chapter] bref/brève (before n); [walk] petit/-e (before n) the days are getting shorter = les jours diminuent or raccourcissent

• 2 [hair, dress, distance, stick] court/-e (before n)

• 3 [person] petit/-e (before n)

• 4to be in short supply = être difficile à trouver time is getting short = le temps presse

• 5 (lacking) he is short of sth = il lui manque qch to be short on [person] = manquer de [talent, tact] to run short of = manquer de [clothes, money, food]

• 6Tom is short for Thomas = Tom est le diminutif de Thomas

• 7 (abrupt) to be short with sb = être brusque avec qn

• 8 [pastry] brisé/-e

D. adv

• [stop] net to stop short of doing = se retenir pour ne pas faire

E. phr (in short)

• bref

F. phr (short of)

• short of doing = à moins de faire