Raccourcissons

Raccourcissons is the present indicative first-person plural form of the French verb raccourcir, meaning we shorten or we are shortening. It is used when the subject is “nous” and the action concerns reducing length, duration, distance, or complexity.

Morphology and conjugation: Raccourcissons is formed from the stem raccourciss- plus the 1st person plural ending -ons. It is typical of the regular -cir verbs in the present tense. The full present tense paradigm for raccourcir is je raccourcis, tu raccourcis, il raccourcit, nous raccourcissons, vous raccourcissez, ils raccourcissent. The form often appears in disputes with similar-looking subjunctive forms, where the corresponding present subjunctive is que nous raccourcissions.

Usage and nuance: The form is common in neutral, descriptive, or technical writing, including editing, planning, or any context where a making shorter is described. For example: Nous raccourcissons les délais afin d’accélérer le projet. The meaning remains lexically straightforward: to reduce something’s length or duration, without implying a change in quality beyond the shortening itself.

Relation to related forms: The verb raccourcir gives rise to the noun raccourcissement (the act or result of shortening) and to other related forms such as raccourci (a shortened form or shortcut). The spelling and pronunciation follow regular patterns for -cir verbs, with the characteristic -ciss- stem before the -ons ending.

See also: raccourcissement, raccourci, and other -cir verbs with similar present-tense conjugation.