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/

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• Hyphenation: suc‧cinct

Adjective

succinct (comparative more succinct, superlative most succinct)

1. brief and to the point
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)
• Catalan: succint
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 简洁的

• Czech: stručný (cs) m
• Danish: koncis
• 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)
• Japanese: 簡潔な (ja) (kanketsu na)
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• 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

• Czech: zhuštěný m
• Dutch: compact (nl)
• 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/

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.