succinct

English

Etymology

From Middle English succinte, succynt, from Old French succinct, from Latin succinctus, perfect passive participle of succingō (“gird from below”), from sub + cingō (“gird, wrap, surround”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə(k)ˈsɪŋkt/
• IPA^(key): /səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: suc‧cinct

Adjective

succinct (comparative more succinct, superlative most succinct)

1. brief and to the point

   You should give clear, succinct information to the clients.

   • 1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94:

     The Derby Carriage Works foreman, when informed that this coach was to be run at 90 m.p.h. to obtain information on bogie hunting, is reported to have offered one succinct word of advice - "Don't!"

2. compressed into a tiny area.

   Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.

3. (archaic) wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.

Synonyms

• concise
• laconic
• See also Thesaurus:concise

Derived terms

• succinctness
• succinctly

Translations

brief and to the point

• Armenian: սեղմ (hy) (seġm)
• Bulgarian: кратък (bg) (kratǎk), сбит (bg) (sbit)
• Catalan: succint
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 简洁的

• Czech: stručný (cs) m
• Danish: koncis, fyndig
• Dutch: bondig (nl)
• Finnish: ytimekäs (fi)
• French: succinct (fr)
• German: bündig (de), knapp (de), kurz (de), lapidar (de), prägnant (de)
• Greek: λακωνικός (el) m (lakonikós), συνοπτικός (el) m (synoptikós)
• Hungarian: tömör (hu), velős (hu)
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• Japanese: 簡潔な (ja) (kanketsu na)
• Latin: succinctus
• Macedonian: содр́жаен m (sodŕžaen), краток m (kratok), концизен m (koncizen)
• Norwegian: konsis
• Persian: موجز (fa) (mujez), مختصر و مفید (moxtasar o mofid)
• Polish: zwięzły (pl), treściwy (pl)
• Portuguese: sucinto (pt)
• Russian: кра́ткий (ru) (krátkij), ёмкий (ru) (jómkij), лаконичный (ru) (lakoničnyj)
• Spanish: sucinto (es)
• Swedish: koncis (sv)
• Turkish: mücmel (tr) (dated), muhtasar (tr) (dated), özlü (tr), veciz (tr)

compressed into a tiny area

• Bulgarian: компактен (bg) (kompakten)
• Czech: zhuštěný m
• Dutch: compact (nl)
• Finnish: tiivis (fi)
• German: kompakt (de)
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• Russian: сжа́тый (ru) (sžátyj)
• Turkish: sıkı (tr), yoğun (tr)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk.sɛ̃/

• Audio:

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Adjective

succinct (feminine succincte, masculine plural succincts, feminine plural succinctes)

1. succinct
2. (informal, figurative) light

   un repas succinct

   a light meal

3. (by extension) concise in its intentions

Further reading

• “succinct”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.