short form

See also: shortform

English

short form (plural short forms)

(phonetics) A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.
"Tux" is a short form of "tuxedo".

"Rob" is a short form of "Robert".

Synonyms: clipping, shortening
(grammar) Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively.
нов, нова, ново, новы (nov, nova, novo, novy) are short forms of новый (novyj).

word formed by removing syllables from another

Romanian: formă scurtă
Russian: кра́ткая фо́рма (ru) f (krátkaja fórma), сокраще́ние (ru) n (sokraščénije)

shortened form of an adjective, used predicatively

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