Shortcut

//ˈʃɔːtkʌt//

Synonyms for "shortcut" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Noun(1 words)
abbreviation

Strong matches (18)

Related words (30)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

at location

1 entries

derived

4 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

2 entries

related to

8 entries

Translations

138 translations across 50 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • trupoj verb (to take a shortcut)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀτραπός noun (path)

Armenian

2 entries
  • դյուրանցում noun (file)
  • կարճատ noun (file)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qısayol noun (file)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • пряк път noun (path)

Catalan

4 entries
  • accés directe noun (file)
  • atall noun (path)
  • drecera noun (path)
  • drecera noun (method)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 拋近路 /抛近路 verb (to take a shortcut)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 快捷方式 noun (file)
  • 抄近道 noun (method)
  • 捷徑 /捷径 noun (path)
  • 近路 noun (path)

Czech

1 entries
  • zkratka noun (path)

Danish

3 entries
  • genvej noun (path)
  • genvej noun (method)
  • genvej noun (file)

Dutch

1 entries
  • sluiproute noun (path)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • simbola ligilo noun (file)

Estonian

3 entries
  • nimeviit noun (file)
  • nipp noun (method)
  • otsetee noun (path)

Faroese

1 entries
  • snarleið noun (path)

Finnish

4 entries
  • oikaisu noun (method)
  • oikopolku noun (path)
  • oikoreitti noun (path)
  • oikotie noun (path)

French

3 entries
  • lien symbolique noun (file)
  • raccourci noun (path)
  • raccourci noun (file)

Galician

2 entries
  • atallo noun (path)
  • atallo noun (method)

Georgian

4 entries
  • მალსახმობი noun (file)
  • პირდაპირი გზა noun (path)
  • პირდაპირი შესვლის ხატულა noun (file)
  • სწრაფი შესვლის ხატულა noun (file)

German

4 entries
  • Abkürzung noun (path)
  • Abkürzung noun (method)
  • Dateiverknüpfung noun (file)
  • Verknüpfung noun (file)

Greek

4 entries
  • παράκαμψη noun (path)
  • παράκαμψη noun (method)
  • παραδρόμι noun (path)
  • συντόμευση noun (method)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • flýtileið noun (path)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • jalan pintas noun (path)
  • pintasan noun (file)

Irish

3 entries
  • aicearra noun (path)
  • aicearra noun (file)
  • bealach níos éasca noun (method)

Italian

4 entries
  • collegamento noun (file)
  • scorciatoia noun (path)
  • scorciatoia noun (method)
  • sentiero tagliato noun (path)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ショートカット noun (file)
  • 近道 noun (path)
  • 近道 noun (method)

Javanese

1 entries
  • trabasan noun (path)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • baltang noun (path)
  • mamaltang noun (path)

Korean

1 entries
  • 바로가기 noun (file)

Latin

2 entries
  • brevius iter (itinĕris) noun (path)
  • via transversa (ae) noun (path)

Malay

1 entries
  • pintasan noun (path)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • കുറുക്കുവഴി noun (path)
  • കുറുക്കുവഴി noun (method)

Manx

2 entries
  • aagherrid noun (method)
  • cassan er lheh noun (path)

Māori

4 entries
  • ara poka pū noun (path)
  • ara poka tata noun (path)
  • aria pokatata noun (path)
  • tukutata noun (path)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • snarvei noun (path)
  • snarvei noun (method)

Polish

3 entries
  • skrót noun (path)
  • skrót noun (method)
  • skrót noun (file)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • atalho noun (path)
  • atalho noun (method)
  • atalho noun (file)

Romanian

4 entries
  • comandă rapidă noun (file)
  • scurtătură noun (path)
  • scurtătură noun (method)
  • scurtătură noun (file)

Russian

4 entries
  • кратча́йший пу́ть noun (path)
  • наибо́лее рациона́льный спо́соб noun (method)
  • срез noun (path)
  • ярлы́к noun (file)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • aithghearr noun (path)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prèčac noun (path)
  • prèčica noun (path)
  • прѐчац noun (path)
  • прѐчица noun (path)

Slovene

3 entries
  • bližnjica noun (path)
  • bližnjica noun (method)
  • bližnjica noun (file)

Spanish

4 entries
  • acceso directo noun (file)
  • alcorce noun (path)
  • atajo noun (path)
  • atajo noun (method)

Swahili

3 entries
  • mkato noun (path)
  • mkato noun (method)
  • mkato noun (file)

Swedish

4 entries
  • alias noun (file)
  • genväg noun (path)
  • genväg noun (method)
  • genväg noun (file)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • gitis noun (path)
  • gitis noun (method)
  • laktod noun (path)
  • laktod noun (method)

Thai

1 entries
  • ทางลัด noun (path)

Turkish

4 entries
  • kestirme noun (path)
  • kestirme noun (method)
  • kestirme yol noun (path)
  • kısa yol noun (method)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • найбі́льш раціона́льний спо́сіб noun (method)
  • найкоро́тший шлях noun (path)
  • ярли́к noun (file)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • lối tắt noun (path)
  • đường tắt noun (path)

Welsh

1 entries
  • llwybr tarw noun (path)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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I created a shortcut on the desktop.

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It's a shortcut to the school.

Source: tatoeba (21507)

Plain English is a shortcut to the goal of language learning.

Source: tatoeba (34113)

We won't be able to arrive at the harbor in time. Let's take a shortcut.

Source: tatoeba (263995)

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