Usage Note
Raccourcir is a regular -ir verb meaning to make something shorter or to become shorter — raccourcir une jupe ('to shorten a skirt'), les jours raccourcissent ('the days are getting shorter'). The related noun raccourci ('shortcut') is very common in everyday and computing contexts.
Examples
"Elle a raccourci sa jupe de quelques centimètres."
Natural Translation
She shortened her skirt by a few centimetres.
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