Meanings
present singular third person truncates · participle present truncating · participle past truncated · past truncated
- transitiveTo shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.
1 more example
All these great plans were in vain, however, for in the cold dawn following the "Mania" years of 1845-46 the M.B.M. & M.J.R. project was truncated to an 11½-mile line from Ambergate to Rowsley.
1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149
comparative more truncate · superlative most truncate
- anatomyHaving an abrupt termination.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveterminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintruncātus
- Englishtruncate
From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَتَرَ, شَذَّبَ
- بَتَرَ (batara)shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- شَذَّبَ (šaḏḏaba)shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa)shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- قَلَّمَ (qallama)shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Bulgarian закръглявам, орязвам
- закръглявам (zakrăgljavam)shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
- орязвам (orjazvam)shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- отрязвам върха на (otrjazvam vărha na)shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- отрязан (otrjazan)truncated
- скъсен (skăsen)truncated
Catalan truncar
- truncarshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Czech zkrátit, seříznout
- zkrátitshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- seříznoutshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Dutch afronden naar beneden, afhakken
- afronden naar benedenshorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
- afhakkenshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- afkappenshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- inkortenshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Finnish katkaista, typistää
- katkaistashorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
- typistääshorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
- typistääreplace a corner by a plane
- lyhentääshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- typistääshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- katkaistashorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- lyhennettytruncated
- typistettytruncated
- katkaistutruncated
French tronquer, tronquer
- tronquershorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
- tronquershorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- tronquétruncated
German kürzen, abschneiden
- kürzenshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- abschneidenshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Greek περικόπτω, κονταίνω
- περικόπτω (perikópto)shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
- κονταίνω (kontaíno)shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- κολοβός (kolovós)truncated
- περικομμένος (perikomménos)truncated
- κολοβός (kolovós)botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination
- ακρωτηριασμένος (akrotiriasménos)botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination
Hungarian lenyes, csonkol
- lenyesshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- csonkolshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Italian troncare
- troncareshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Latin truncō
- truncōshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Māori mutumutu, auporo
- mutumutushorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- auporoshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Portuguese arredondar, truncar
- arredondarshorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
- truncarshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- truncadotruncated
Russian усека́ть, усечённый
- усека́ть (usekátʹ)shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- усечённый (usečónnyj)truncated
- укоро́ченный (ukoróčennyj)botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination
Spanish truncar, truncar
- truncarshorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
- truncarshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
- truncadotruncated
Vietnamese cắt xén
- cắt xénshorten something as if by cutting off part of it
Cite this entry
truncate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truncate
“truncate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truncate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “truncate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truncate.
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