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• /ʃʌt/
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• Northern-England: /ʃʊt/
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• archaic, dialectal: /ʃɛt/
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From Middle English schitten, schetten, from Old English scyttan (“to cause rapid movement, shoot a bolt, shut, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, *skuttijaną (“to bar, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skuttą, *skuttjō (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”). The Modern English word was originally a dialect form; the Old English word would have normally merged with shit. Cognate with Dutch schutten (“to shut in, lock up”), Low German schütten (“to shut, lock in”), German schützen (“to shut out, dam, protect, guard”).

Variation of chute or shute (archaic, related to shoot) from Old English scēotan.

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sluit — (transitive) to close
• Afrikaans: toemaak — (transitive) to close
• Albanian: mbyll — (transitive) to close
• Arabic: أَغْلَقَ (ʔaḡlaqa) — (transitive) to close
• Arabic: قفل (qafal) — (transitive) to close
• Armenian: փակել (pʻakel) — (transitive) to close
• Assamese: জপোৱা (zopüa) — (transitive) to close
• Assamese: মুদা (muda) — (transitive) to close
• Assamese: বন্ধ কৰা (bondho kora) — (transitive) to close
• Asturian: zarrar — (transitive) to close
• Asturian: cerrar — (transitive) to close
• Azerbaijani: qapamaq — (transitive) to close
• Azerbaijani: bağlamaq — (transitive) to close
• Azerbaijani: örtmək — (transitive) to close
• Basque: itxi — (transitive) to close
• Belarusian: зачыня́ць (začynjácʹ) — (transitive) to close
• Belarusian: зачыні́ць (začynícʹ) — (transitive) to close
• Bengali: বন্ধ করা (bondho kora) — (transitive) to close
• Bulgarian: затва́рям (zatvárjam) — (transitive) to close
• Burmese: ပိတ် (pit) — (transitive) to close
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏚᎲᏍᎦ (asduhvsga) — (transitive) to close
• Chinese Cantonese: 關 /关 (gwaan1) — (transitive) to close
• Chinese Mandarin: 關 /关 (guān) — (transitive) to close
• Chinese Mandarin: 閉 /闭 (bì) — (transitive) to close
• Chinese Mandarin: 關閉 /关闭 (guānbì) — (transitive) to close
• Czech: zavřít — (transitive) to close
• Dalmatian: seruar — (transitive) to close
• Danish: lukke — (transitive) to close
• Dutch: sluiten — (transitive) to close
• Dutch: dichtklappen — (transitive) to close
• Esperanto: fermi — (transitive) to close
• Estonian: sulgema — (transitive) to close
• Finnish: sulkea — (transitive) to close
• French: fermer — (transitive) to close
• Friulian: sierâ — (transitive) to close
• Galician: pechar — (transitive) to close
• Georgian: დახურვა (daxurva) — (transitive) to close
• German: schließen — (transitive) to close
• German: zumachen — (transitive) to close
• Greek: κλείνω (kleíno) — (transitive) to close
• Ancient Greek: κλείω (kleíō) — (transitive) to close
• Haitian Creole: fèmen — (transitive) to close
• Hebrew: סָגַר (sagár) — (transitive) to close
• Hindi: बंद करना (band karnā) — (transitive) to close
• Hungarian: becsuk — (transitive) to close
• Icelandic: loka — (transitive) to close
• Indonesian: menutup — (transitive) to close
• Indonesian: menyumpal — (transitive) to close
• Indonesian: membungkam — (transitive) to close
• Irish: dún — (transitive) to close
• Irish: iaigh — (transitive) to close
• Italian: chiudere — (transitive) to close
• Italian: serrare — (transitive) to close
• Japanese: 閉める (shimeru) — (transitive) to close
• Japanese: 閉じる (tojiru) — (transitive) to close
• Kazakh: жабу (jabu) — (transitive) to close
• Khmer: បិទ (bət) — (transitive) to close
• Korean: 닫다 (datda) — (transitive) to close
• Central Kurdish: داخستن (daxistin) — (transitive) to close
• Northern Kurdish: daxistin — (transitive) to close
• Northern Kurdish: daêxistin — (transitive) to close
• Northern Kurdish: girtin — (transitive) to close
• Kyrgyz: жабуу (jabuu) — (transitive) to close
• Kyrgyz: бекитүү (bekitüü) — (transitive) to close
• Lao: ອັດ (ʼat) — (transitive) to close
• Latin: claudō — (transitive) to close
• Latvian: aizvērt — (transitive) to close
• Lithuanian: uždaryti — (transitive) to close
• Lombard: sarà — (transitive) to close
• Low German: sluten — (transitive) to close
• Low German: slüten — (transitive) to close
• Low German: tomaken — (transitive) to close
• Low German: tomoken — (transitive) to close
• Low German: dichtmaken — (transitive) to close
• Low German: dichtmoken — (transitive) to close
• Macedonian: за́твори (zátvori) — (transitive) to close
• Malay: menutup — (transitive) to close
• Malay: mengatup — (transitive) to close
• Malay: membungkam — (transitive) to close
• Maltese: għalaq — (transitive) to close
• Māori: kupi — (transitive) to close
• Māori: kōpani — (transitive) to close
• Māori: tō — (transitive) to close
• Māori: kamu — (transitive) to close
• Māori: whakaweto — (transitive) to close
• Māori: kati — (transitive) to close
• Māori: kiwa — (transitive) to close
• Māori: kapiti — (transitive) to close
• Middle English: schitten — (transitive) to close
• Mongolian: хаах (xaax) — (transitive) to close
• Nepali: बन्द गर्नु (banda garnu) — (transitive) to close
• Norwegian Bokmål: stenge — (transitive) to close
• Old English: scyttan — (transitive) to close
• Persian: بستن (bastan) — (transitive) to close
• Polish: zamykać — (transitive) to close
• Polish: zamknąć — (transitive) to close
• Portuguese: fechar — (transitive) to close
• Romansh: serrar — (transitive) to close
• Romansh: sarar — (transitive) to close
• Russian: закрыва́ть (zakryvátʹ) — (transitive) to close
• Russian: закры́ть (zakrýtʹ) — (transitive) to close
• Scottish Gaelic: dùin — (transitive) to close
• Serbo-Croatian: затворити — (transitive) to close
• Serbo-Croatian: zatvoriti — (transitive) to close
• Sicilian: chiùdiri — (transitive) to close
• Sinhalese: වහනවා (wahanawā) — (transitive) to close
• Slovak: zavrieť — (transitive) to close
• Slovene: zapreti — (transitive) to close
• Spanish: cerrar — (transitive) to close
• Swedish: stänga — (transitive) to close
• Tajik: бастан (bastan) — (transitive) to close
• Tajik: пӯшидан (püšidan) — (transitive) to close
• Telugu: మూయు (mūyu) — (transitive) to close
• Thai: งับ (ngáp) — (transitive) to close
• Thai: หุบ (hùp) — (transitive) to close
• Thai: ปิด (bpìt) — (transitive) to close
• Tok Pisin: pasim — (transitive) to close
• Turkish: kapatmak — (transitive) to close
• Ottoman Turkish: قاپامق (kapamak) — (transitive) to close
• Ottoman Turkish: اورتمك (örtmek) — (transitive) to close
• Ottoman Turkish: یوممق (yummak) — (transitive) to close
• Turkmen: ýapmak — (transitive) to close
• Turkmen: örtmek — (transitive) to close
• Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎂𐎗 (sgr) — (transitive) to close
• Ukrainian: зачиня́ти (začynjáty) — (transitive) to close
• Ukrainian: зачини́ти (začynýty) — (transitive) to close
• Ukrainian: закрива́ти (zakryváty) — (transitive) to close
• Ukrainian: закри́ти (zakrýty) — (transitive) to close
• Urdu: بند کرنا (band karnā) — (transitive) to close
• Uzbek: bekitmoq — (transitive) to close
• Uzbek: yopmoq — (transitive) to close
• Venetan: serar — (transitive) to close
• Venetan: sarar — (transitive) to close
• Vietnamese: đóng — (transitive) to close
• Welsh: cau — (transitive) to close
• Yiddish: שליסן (shlisn) — (transitive) to close
• Yiddish: פֿאַרמאַכן (farmakhn) — (transitive) to close
• Arabic: اِنْغَلَقَ (inḡalaqa) — (intransitive) to close, to stop being open
• Bulgarian: затварям се (zatvarjam se) — (intransitive) to close, to stop being open
• Japanese: 閉まる (shimaru) — (intransitive) to close, to stop being open
• Middle English: schitten — (intransitive) to close, to stop being open