Raccourcira

Raccourcira is a French verb form: it is the third-person singular in the futur simple tense of the verb raccourcir, meaning to shorten or to cut down. As a future tense form, raccourcira is used to indicate that someone or something will shorten or reduce a length, duration, or extent in the future. The pronunciation in standard French is roughly [ʁa.kuj.ʁsi.ʁa].

Morphology and usage notes: In the futur simple, the stem raccourcir- takes the regular endings -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont. Therefore raccourcira corresponds to il/elle/on (or a generic subject such as “one”) will shorten. It can appear with different subjects, including impersonal constructions such as “on raccourcira.” The form is common in formal writing, planning documents, journalism, and narrative when describing planned reductions.

Typical contexts include shortening a text or document, reducing time or delays, trimming a budget or schedule, and shortening physical distances or routes when a measure or decision is expected to yield such results. It is often contrasted with other verbs meaning shorten in more specific senses, such as réduire or abréger, depending on the nuance.

Example sentences:

- Il raccourcira les délais pour respecter le calendrier. (He will shorten the deadlines to meet the schedule.)

- Cette mesure raccourcira le trajet des usagers. (This measure will shorten users’ travel.)

- On raccourcira la présentation en supprimant les détails non essentiels. (We/One will shorten the presentation by removing nonessential details.)

See also: raccourcir, the infinitive form; other futur simple forms for different subjects.