excerpt

• Nom désignant un passage court ou un fragment extrait d'un texte, d'un film ou d'une œuvre musicale plus longue.

A noun referring to a short extract or passage taken from a longer text, film, or piece of music.

1. Short extract from a textB2formal

   A short passage or segment taken from a longer piece of writing, music, or film.

   Extrait d'un texte

   • The teacher read an excerpt from the novel to the class.
   • The magazine published an excerpt from the author's upcoming book.
   • She quoted an excerpt from the speech in her essay.

   Synonymesclipextractfragmentpassageportionquotationquotesectionselectionsnippet

• Verbe signifiant extraire un court passage ou un fragment d'un texte, d'un film ou d'une œuvre musicale.

A verb meaning to take a short extract or passage from a text, film, or piece of music.

1. Extract or take outB2formal

   To take a short piece of text, music, or film from a longer work.

   Extraire un extrait

   • The editor excerpted a paragraph from the novel for the review.
   • She excerpted the most relevant quotes from the speech.
   • The documentary excerpted scenes from the original film.

   Synonymescitecullextractliftpull outquoteselecttake