| Formes composées |
| Anglais | Français |
| in the short term adv | (temporarily, for a brief time in the future) | à court terme loc adv |
| short term adj | (temporary, not long-lasting) | à court terme loc adj |
| My short-term educational goal is to graduate college. |
| Mon but d'études à court terme est de terminer l'université. |
| short-term debt n | (business: for short period of time) | dette à court terme nf |
| short-term memory n | (capacity for recall over a brief period) | mémoire à court terme nf |
| His short-term memory began to fail when he reached 80 years of age. |
| À l'âge de 80 ans, sa mémoire à court terme a commencé à défaillir. |
| mémoire immédiate nf |