shortcut

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

English

Alternative forms

• short cut, short-cut

Etymology

From short +‎ cut.

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoɹtˌkʌt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːt.kat/, [ˈʃoːʔ.kat], [ˈʃoːʔ.kaʔ]
• 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. A keyboard shortcut: a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation.

Derived terms

• keyboard shortcut
• shortcut key

 

Translations

path

• Bulgarian: пряк път m (prjak pǎt)
• Catalan: drecera (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: zkratka (cs) f
• Danish: genvej c
• Estonian: otsetee,
• Faroese: snarleið
• 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)

• Icelandic: flýtileið f
• 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, 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
• 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 пу́ть m (kratčájšij pútʹ), срез (ru) m (srez)
• 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 (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
• Greek: παράκαμψη (el) f (parákampsi), συντόμευση (el) f (syntómefsi)
• Irish: bealach níos éasca m
• Italian: scorciatoia (it) f
• Japanese: 近道 (ちかみち, chikamichi)
• Malayalam: കുറുക്കുവഴി (ml) (kuṟukkuvaḻi)
• Manx: aagherrid m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snarvei (no) m

• Portuguese: atalho (pt) m
• 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)

a file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it

• Armenian: դյուրանցում (dyurancʿum), կարճատ (karčat)
• 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)
• 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
• 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

Anagrams

• cut short