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Detailed Translations for shortage from English to French

shortage:

shortage [the ~] noun

  1. the shortage (deficit; deficiency; lack; )
    le manque; le déficit; l'insuffisance; la pénurie; la défiance; la carence; le défaut; la disette
  2. the shortage (scarcity; tightness; famine; )
    la pénurie; le besoin; la déficience; le déficit; la disette; le manque; la frugalité; la pauvreté; la misère; la rareté; l'infortune; l'absence
  3. the shortage
    la défaillance; l'insuffisance; le défaut; le déficit; le manque; la pénurie
  4. the shortage
    la pénurie

Translation Matrix for shortage:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
absence famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness absence; absenteeism; non-attendance
besoin famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness adversity; bad luck; crisis; dearth; deficiency; destitution; emergency situation; hardship; indigentness; lack; misfortune; need; neediness; of limited means; paucity; penury; poorness; poverty; reverse; state of emergency; trouble; want
carence deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall impotence; powerlessness
disette deficiency; deficit; famine; insufficiency; lack; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; tightness famine; food-scarcity
défaillance shortage failure; faint; fainting fit; fainting-fit; feebleness; impotence; incapacity; powerlessness; swoon; weakness
défaut deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall absence; blank; blunder; defect; deficiency; disability; error; failing; failure; fault; feebleness; flaw; gap; gas; handicap; hiatus; hoot; howler; immorality; impediment; imperfection; incorrectness; lack; lacuna; machine defect; mistake; oversight; scream; sin; slip; vice; void; want; weakness
défiance deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall distrust; mistrust; suspicion
déficience famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
déficit deficiency; deficit; famine; insufficiency; lack; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; tightness deficiency; flaw; gap; loss
frugalité famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness demureness; frugality; having no pretentions; hollowness; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; modesty; parsimony; plainness; poorness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; skinniness; slenderness; sobriety; sparsity; thinness
infortune famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness adversity; bad luck; depravedness; destituteness; harbourless; indigentness; meagerness; meagreness; misfortune; of limited means; parsimony; poorness; reverse; scantiness; seediness; shabbiness; slenderness; trouble
insuffisance deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall deficiency; incapability; incapacity; incompetence; insufficiency; lack; shortcoming; shortfall
manque deficiency; deficit; famine; insufficiency; lack; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; tightness blank; deficiency; disability; failure; flaw; gap; handicap; hiatus; impediment; lack; lacuna; physical defect; void; want
misère famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness adversity; bad condition; bad luck; blows; calamity; catastrophe; dearth; deficiency; destitution; disaster; disasters; discomforts; grief; hardship; helplessness; hollowness; lack; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; miserable condition; misery; misfortune; misfortunes; necessity; need; parsimony; paucity; penury; poor situation; poorness; poverty; problems; punches; reverse; sadness; scantiness; skinniness; slenderness; sorrow; sparsity; squalor; thinness; trouble; troubles; want
pauvreté famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness adversity; dearth; depravedness; destituteness; destitution; disaster; frugality; fumblingness; harbourless; hardship; hollowness; indigentness; lack; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; necessity; need; neediness; of limited means; parsimony; paucity; penury; plainness; poorness; poverty; scantiness; seediness; shabbiness; simpleness; simplicity; skinniness; skinnyness; slenderness; sobriety; sparsity; thinness; want
pénurie deficiency; deficit; famine; insufficiency; lack; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; tightness deficiency; frugality; lack; meagerness; meagreness; parsimony; plainness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; slenderness; sobriety; want
rareté famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness curiosity; eccentricity; oddity; rarity; thinness
- dearth; deficit; famine; shortfall

Related Words for "shortage":

  • shortages

Synonyms for "shortage":


Related Definitions for "shortage":

  1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required1
  2. an acute insufficiency1

Wiktionary Translations for shortage:

shortage
noun
  1. lack or deficiency
  2. not enough, not sufficient
shortage
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
shortage insuffisance; manque; pénurie Zuwenigvon Personen oder Sachen: Mangel; eine zu kleine Zahl oder Menge; ein zu geringes Maß

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