concise

English

Etymology

From Late Latin concisus (“cut short”), from Latin concidere (“cut to pieces”), from caedere (“to cut, to strike down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈsaɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs

Adjective

concise (comparative more concise, superlative most concise)

1. brief, yet including all important information

Synonyms

• succinct
• See also Wikisaurus:concise

Antonyms

• verbose

Derived terms

• concisely
• concision
• conciseness

Translations

brief and precise

Afrikaans: beknopt (af) Arabic: وجيز (ar) (wajiiz) Bulgarian: кратък (bg), стегнат (bg) Catalan: concís (ca) Czech: stručný (cs) m. Danish: koncis (da) Dutch: beknopt (nl) f., bondig (nl) Esperanto: konciza (eo) Finnish: ytimekäs (fi), lyhytsanainen (fi) French: concis

German: kurz (de), prägnant (de), knapp (de), konzis (de), bündig (de) Hebrew: תמציתי (tamtzity) m., תמציתית (tamtzityt) f. Italian: conciso (it) Polish: lakoniczny (pl), zwięzły (pl) Portuguese: conciso (pt), sucinto (pt) Russian: лаконичный (ru) Scottish Gaelic: pongail (gd) Spanish: conciso (es), breve (es), sucinto (es) Swedish: koncis, kortfattad

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Italian

Adjective

concise f.

1. Feminine plural form of conciso

Anagrams

• conscie
• scenico
• sconcie

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Latin

Participle

concīse

1. vocative masculine singular of concīsus