raccourcir
French → English
(usage) To shorten: to make something less long in distance, time, or size
La couturière doit raccourcir ce pantalon car il est beaucoup trop long.
(English) The seamstress must shorten these pants because they are much too long.
Les jours commencent à raccourcir dès que l'hiver approche.
(English) The days start to get shorter as soon as winter approaches.
(slang) To behead: an old colloquial term for execution by guillotine
Au dix-huitième siècle, on risquait de se faire raccourcir pour trahison.
(English) In the eighteenth century, one risked being beheaded for treason.
Les révolutionnaires ont menacé de raccourcir tous les aristocrates de la ville.
(English) The revolutionaries threatened to execute all the aristocrats in the city.
Entry ID: fr:en:raccourcir · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary