shortcut

See also: Shortcut, short-cut, and short cut

English

Alternative forms

• short cut, short-cut

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?

Proto-Germanic *skertaną

Proto-Germanic *skurtaz

Proto-West Germanic *skurt

Old English sċort

Middle English schort

English short

English cut

English shortcut

From short + cut.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoɹtˌkʌt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːt.kɐt/, [ˈʃoːʔ.kɐt], [ˈʃoːʔ.kɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: short‧cut

Noun

shortcut (plural shortcuts)

1. A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
2. A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
   • 2021 November 3, “Network News: EMR changes claims process”, in RAIL, number 943, page 15:

     East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services.

3. (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.

4. (computing) Ellipsis of keyboard shortcut.

Derived terms

• keyboard shortcut
• shortcut key
• ultra shortcut

Translations

path

• Azerbaijani: kəsə yol
• Bulgarian: пряк път m (prjak pǎt)
• Catalan: drecera (ca) f, atall (ca) m, sender tallat m (literally “shortened path”)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捷徑 / 捷径 (zh) (jiéjìng), 近路 (zh) (jìnlù)

• Czech: zkratka (cs) f
• Danish: genvej c
• Dutch: sluiproute (nl) m
• Estonian: otsetee,
• Faroese: snarleið
• Finnish: oikotie (fi), oikopolku (fi), oikoreitti (fi)
• French: raccourci (fr) m
• Galician: atallo m
• Georgian: უმოკლესი გზა (umoḳlesi gza), პირდაპირი გზა (ṗirdaṗiri gza), შორთქათი (šortkati) (slang)
• German: Abkürzung (de) f, Abschneider (de) f
• Greek: παραδρόμι n (paradrómi), παράκαμψη (el) f (parákampsi)

  Ancient Greek: ἀτραπός f (atrapós)

• Icelandic: flýtileið f
• Indonesian: jalan pintas (id)
• Irish: aicearra m
• Italian: scorciatoia (it) f, sentiero tagliato m
• Japanese: 近道 (ja) (ちかみち, chikamichi)
• Javanese: trabasan
• Kapampangan: mamaltang, baltang
• Latin: brevius (ōris) iter (itinĕris) n, via (ae) transversa f
• Malay: pintasan (ms)
• Malayalam: കുറുക്കുവഴി (ml) (kuṟukkuvaḻi)
• Manx: cassan er lheh m, ^{(please verify)} keim f
• Māori: 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 пу́ть m (kratčájšij pútʹ), срез (ru) m (srez)
• Scottish Gaelic: aithghearr f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прѐчица f, прѐчац m

  Latin: prèčica (sh) f, prèčac (sh) m

• Slovene: bližnjica f
• Spanish: atajo (es) m, atrecho (es) m, alcorce (es) m, trocha (es) f
• Swahili: mkato (sw)
• Swedish: genväg (sv) c
• Tagalog: laktod, gitis
• Thai: ทางลัด (th) (thang lad)
• Turkish: kestirme (tr), kestirme yol
• Ukrainian: найкоро́тший шлях m (najkorótšyj šljax)
• Vietnamese: lối tắt, đường tắt
• Welsh: llwybr tarw m

method

• Catalan: drecera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抄近道 (chāojìndào)

• Danish: genvej c
• Estonian: nipp
• Finnish: oikaisu (fi)
• Galician: atallo m
• German: Abkürzung (de) f, schnellere Methode f, schnellerer Weg m, schnellere Vorgehensweise f
• Greek: παράκαμψη (el) f (parákampsi), συντόμευση (el) f (syntómefsi)
• Irish: bealach níos éasca m
• Italian: scorciatoia (it) f
• Japanese: 近道 (ja) (ちかみち, chikamichi)
• Malayalam: കുറുക്കുവഴി (ml) (kuṟukkuvaḻi)
• Manx: aagherrid m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snarvei (no) m

• Polish: skrót (pl) m
• Portuguese: atalho (pt) m
• Romanian: scurtătură (ro) f
• Russian: наибо́лее рациона́льный спо́соб m (naibóleje racionálʹnyj spósob)
• Slovene: bližnjica f
• Spanish: atajo (es) m
• Swahili: mkato (sw)
• Swedish: genväg (sv) c
• Tagalog: laktod, gitis
• Turkish: kestirme (tr), kısa yol
• Ukrainian: найбі́льш раціона́льний спо́сіб m (najbílʹš racionálʹnyj spósib)

file

• Abkhaz: акьамам (akʲʼamam)
• Armenian: դյուրանցում (dyurancʻum), կարճատ (karčat)
• Azerbaijani: qısayol
• Catalan: accés directe m, enllàç simbòlic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 快捷方式 (zh) (kuàijiéfāngshì)

• Danish: genvej c
• Esperanto: simbola ligilo
• 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), Dateiverknüpfung f
• Greek: συντόμευση (el) f (syntómefsi)
• Indonesian: pintasan (id)
• Irish: aicearra m
• Italian: collegamento (it) m
• Japanese: ショートカット (ja) (shōtokatto)
• Korean: 바로가기 (barogagi)
• Polish: skrót (pl) m
• Portuguese: atalho (pt) m
• Romanian: comandă rapidă f, scurtătură (ro) f
• Russian: ярлы́к (ru) m (jarlýk)
• Slovene: bližnjica f
• Spanish: acceso directo m
• Swahili: mkato (sw)
• Swedish: genväg (sv) c, alias (sv) n
• Tagalog: laktod
• Turkish: kısayol (tr)
• Ukrainian: ярли́к (uk) m (jarlýk)

keyboard shortcut — see keyboard shortcut

See also

• shortcut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

shortcut (third-person singular simple present shortcuts, present participle shortcutting, simple past and past participle shortcutted or shortcut)

1. To take or use a shortcut

Derived terms

• shortcutter

Translations

to take a shortcut — see also cut corners

• Albanian: trupoj (sq)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 拋近路 / 抛近路 (zh-min-nan)

• Finnish: oikaista (fi)
• Russian: срезать (ru) (srezatʹ)

Anagrams

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