English
Etymology
From short + cut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/
- Hyphenation: short‧cut
- Rhymes: -ʌt
Noun
shortcut (plural shortcuts)
- A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
- A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
- (computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.
There are shortcuts to some of my favourite applications on my desktop.
- A keyboard shortcut: a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation.
Derived terms
Translations
path
- Catalan: drecera (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 捷徑/捷径 (zh) (jiéjìng), 捷径 (zh) (jíejìng), 近路 (zh) (jìnlù)
- Czech: zkratka (cs) f
- Danish: genvej c
- Estonian: otsetee,
- Finnish: oikotie (fi), oikopolku (fi), oikoreitti (fi)
- French: raccourci (fr)
- Galician: atallo m
- Georgian: უმოკლესი გზა (umoḳlesi gza), პირდაპირი გზა (ṗirdaṗiri gza), შორთქათი (šortkati) (slang)
- German: Abkürzung (de)
- Greek: παραδρόμι n (paradrómi), παράκαμψη (el) f (parákampsi)
- Ancient: ἀτραπός f (atrapós)
- Indonesian: jalan pintas (id)
- Irish: aicearra m, bealach aic m, cóngar m
- Italian: scorciatoia (it) f
- Japanese: 近道 (ちかみち, chikamichi)
- Kapampangan: mamaltang
- Malay: pintasan
- Manx: cassan er lheh m, (please verify) keim f
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- Maori: ara poka pū, ara poka tata, tukutata, aria pokatata
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: snarvei (no) m
- Polish: skrót (pl) m
- Portuguese: atalho (pt)
- Romanian: scurtătură (ro) f
- Russian: кратча́йший путь m (kratčájšij putʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: aithghearr f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: прѐчица f, прѐчац m
- Roman: prèčica (sh) f, prèčac (sh) m
- Slovene: bližnjica f
- Spanish: atajo (es)
- Swahili: mkato (sw)
- Swedish: genväg (sv) c
- Tagalog: laktod, gitis
- Thai: ทางลัด (thang lad)
- Turkish: kestirme (tr), kestirme yol
- Vietnamese: lối tắt, đường tắt
- Welsh: llwybr tarw m
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- Armenian: դյուրանցում (dyurancʻum), կարճատ (karčat)
- Catalan: accés directe m, enllàç simbòlic m
- Danish: genvej c
- Estonian: nimeviit
- Finnish: pikakuvake
- French: raccourci (fr) m, lien symbolique (fr) m
- Georgian: მალსახმობი (malsaxmobi), სწრაფი შესვლის ხატულა (sc̣rapi šesvlis xaṭula), პირდაპირი შესვლის ხატულა (ṗirdaṗiri šesvlis xaṭula)
- German: Verknüpfung (de), Shortcut m, Tastenkombination f
- Greek: συντόμευση (el) f (syntómefsi)
- Irish: aicearra m
- Italian: collegamento (it) m
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- Japanese: ショートカット (ja) (shōtokatto)
- Polish: skrót (pl) m
- Portuguese: atalho (pt) m
- Romanian: scurtare (ro) f, prescurtare (ro) f, scurtătură (ro) f
- Russian: ярлы́к (ru) m (jarlýk)
- Slovene: bližnjica f
- Swahili: mkato (sw)
- Swedish: genväg (sv) c, alias (sv) n
- Tagalog: laktod
- Turkish: kısayol (tr)
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Verb
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- To take or use a shortcut
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