Meanings
nounshortcut (plural shortcuts)
plural shortcuts · alternative short cut · alternative short-cut
- A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
- A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services.
2021 November 3, “Network News: EMR changes claims process”, in RAIL, number 943, page 15 - computingA 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.
- abbreviationellipsiscomputingEllipsis of keyboard shortcut.
verbshortcut (third-person singular simple present shortcuts, present participle shortcutting, simple past and past participle shortcutted or shortcut)
present singular third person shortcuts · participle present shortcutting · participle past shortcutted · past shortcutted · alternative short cut · alternative short-cut
- To take or use a shortcut
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*skertaną
- Proto-Germanic*skurtaz
- Proto-West Germanic*skurt
- Old Englishsċort
- Middle Englishschort
- Englishshort
- Englishcut
- Englishshortcut
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀτραπός
- ἀτραπός (atrapós)path
Bulgarian пряк път
- пряк път (prjak păt)path
Catalan drecera, atall
- drecerapath
- atallpath
- sender tallatpath
- dreceramethod
- accés directefile
- enllàç simbòlicfile
Chinese Mandarin 捷徑 /捷径, 近路
- 捷徑 /捷径 (jiéjìng)path
- 近路 (jìnlù)path
- 近道 (jìndào)path
- 抄近道 (chāojìndào)method
- 捷徑 /捷径 (jiéjìng)method
- 快捷方式 (kuàijiéfāngshì)file
Czech zkratka
- zkratkapath
Danish genvej, genvej
- genvejpath
- genvejmethod
- genvejfile
Dutch sluiproute
- sluiproutepath
Esperanto simbola ligilo
- simbola ligilofile
Estonian otsetee, nipp
- otseteepath
- nippmethod
- nimeviitfile
Finnish oikotie, oikopolku
- oikotiepath
- oikopolkupath
- oikoreittipath
- oikaisumethod
- pikakuvakefile
- oikaistato take a shortcut
French raccourci, raccourci
- raccourcipath
- raccourcifile
- lien symboliquefile
German Abkürzung, Abschneider
- Abkürzungpath
- Abschneiderpath
- Abkürzungmethod
- schnellere Methodemethod
- schnellerer Wegmethod
- schnellere Vorgehensweisemethod
- Verknüpfungfile
- Dateiverknüpfungfile
Greek παραδρόμι, παράκαμψη
- παραδρόμι (paradrómi)path
- παράκαμψη (parákampsi)path
- παράκαμψη (parákampsi)method
- συντόμευση (syntómefsi)method
- συντόμευση (syntómefsi)file
Icelandic flýtileið
- flýtileiðpath
Indonesian jalan pintas, pintasan
- jalan pintaspath
- pintasanfile
Irish aicearra, bealach níos éasca
- aicearrapath
- bealach níos éascamethod
- aicearrafile
Italian scorciatoia, sentiero tagliato
- scorciatoiapath
- sentiero tagliatopath
- scorciatoiamethod
- collegamentofile
Japanese 近道, 近道
- 近道 (chikamichi)path
- 近道 (chikamichi)method
- ショートカット (shōtokatto)file
Korean 바로가기
- 바로가기 (barogagi)file
Latin brevius iter (itinĕris), via transversa (ae)
- brevius iter (itinĕris) (ōris)path
- via transversa (ae)path
Malay pintasan
- pintasanpath
Māori ara poka pū, ara poka tata
- ara poka pūpath
- ara poka tatapath
- tukutatapath
- aria pokatatapath
Norwegian Bokmål snarvei, snarvei
- snarveipath
- snarveimethod
Polish skrót, skrót
- skrótpath
- skrótmethod
- skrótfile
Portuguese atalho, atalho
- atalhopath
- atalhomethod
- atalhofile
Romanian scurtătură, scurtătură
- scurtăturăpath
- scurtăturămethod
- comandă rapidăfile
- scurtăturăfile
Russian кратча́йший пу́ть, срез
- кратча́йший пу́ть (kratčájšij pútʹ)path
- срез (srez)path
- наибо́лее рациона́льный спо́соб (naibóleje racionálʹnyj spósob)method
- ярлы́к (jarlýk)file
- срезать (srezatʹ)to take a shortcut
Scottish Gaelic aithghearr
- aithghearrpath
Spanish atajo, atrecho
- atajopath
- atrechopath
- alcorcepath
- trochapath
- atajomethod
- acceso directofile
Swahili mkato, mkato
- mkatopath
- mkatomethod
- mkatofile
Swedish genväg, genväg
- genvägpath
- genvägmethod
- genvägfile
- aliasfile
- genato take a shortcut
Tagalog laktod, gitis
- laktodpath
- gitispath
- laktodmethod
- gitismethod
- laktodfile
Thai ทางลัด
- ทางลัด (thang lad)path
Turkish kestirme, kestirme yol
- kestirmepath
- kestirme yolpath
- kestirmemethod
- kısa yolmethod
- kısayolfile
Ukrainian найкоро́тший шлях, найбі́льш раціона́льний спо́сіб
- найкоро́тший шлях (najkorótšyj šljax)path
- найбі́льш раціона́льний спо́сіб (najbílʹš racionálʹnyj spósib)method
- ярли́к (jarlýk)file
Vietnamese lối tắt, đường tắt
- lối tắtpath
- đường tắtpath
Welsh llwybr tarw
- llwybr tarwpath
Cite this entry
APA
shortcut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortcut
MLA
“shortcut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortcut. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shortcut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortcut.
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