shutter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌtəː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈʃhʌ̹thəː]
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• /ˈʃʌtɚ/ without t-flapping
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• [ˈʃhʌ̈thɚ] ~ [ˈʃhʌ̈thɹ̩] without t-flapping
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• /ˈʃʌɾɚ/ t-flapping
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• [ˈʃhʌ̈ɾɚ] ~ [ˈʃhʌ̈ɾɹ̩] t-flapping
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ʌtə(ɹ)
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• homophone: shudder (t-flapping)
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• CMU ARPABET: SH AH1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Two main origins: * Occupational surname for a marksman, from an agent derivative of Middle English shoten (“to shoot”). * An Americanized spelling of Schutter.

From shut + -er. Compare shuttle.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: затваряч (zatvarjač) — one who shuts or closes
• Finnish: sulkija — one who shuts or closes
• German: Verschließender — one who shuts or closes
• German: Verschließer — one who shuts or closes
• Russian: закрыва́тель (zakryvátelʹ) — one who shuts or closes
• Russian: закрыва́тельница (zakryvátelʹnica) — one who shuts or closes
• Russian: закрыва́ющий (zakryvájuščij) — one who shuts or closes
• Russian: закрыва́ющая (zakryvájuščaja) — one who shuts or closes
• Belarusian: акані́ца (akaníca) — protective panels over windows
• Belarusian: аке́ньніца (akjénʹnica) — protective panels over windows
• Belarusian: ваке́ньніца (vakjénʹnica) — protective panels over windows
• Belarusian: аке́нніца (akjénnica) — protective panels over windows
• Belarusian: ваке́нніца (vakjénnica) — protective panels over windows
• Bulgarian: капа́к (kapák) — protective panels over windows
• Bulgarian: кепе́нк (kepénk) — protective panels over windows
• Bulgarian: жалузи (žaluzi) — protective panels over windows
• Catalan: porticó — protective panels over windows
• Catalan: finestró — protective panels over windows
• Chinese Mandarin: 護窗板 /护窗板 (hùchuāngbǎn) — protective panels over windows
• Chinese Mandarin: 窗板 (chuāngbǎn) — protective panels over windows
• Czech: okenice — protective panels over windows
• Danish: skodde — protective panels over windows
• Dutch: luik — protective panels over windows
• Finnish: ikkunaluukku — protective panels over windows
• French: volet — protective panels over windows
• French: contrevent — protective panels over windows
• Galician: contra — protective panels over windows
• Georgian: დარაბა (daraba) — protective panels over windows
• German: Fensterladen — protective panels over windows
• German: Rollladen — protective panels over windows
• Greek: παραθυρόφυλλο (parathyrófyllo) — protective panels over windows
• Greek: παντζούρι (pantzoúri) — protective panels over windows
• Hebrew: תְּרִיס (tris) — protective panels over windows
• Hungarian: zsalu — protective panels over windows
• Hungarian: zsalugáter — protective panels over windows
• Hungarian: spaletta — protective panels over windows
• Icelandic: gluggahleri — protective panels over windows
• Icelandic: hleri — protective panels over windows
• Irish: comhla (fuinneoige) — protective panels over windows
• Italian: anta — protective panels over windows
• Italian: battente — protective panels over windows
• Italian: persiana — protective panels over windows
• Italian: scuro — protective panels over windows
• Japanese: 雨戸 (amado) — protective panels over windows
• Kashubian: òczelnica — protective panels over windows
• Korean: 빈지문 (binjimun) — protective panels over windows
• Korean: 덧문 (deonmun) — protective panels over windows
• Luxembourgish: Lued — protective panels over windows
• Macedonian: капак (kapak) — protective panels over windows
• Macedonian: ќепенок (ḱepenok) — protective panels over windows
• Māori: pihanga — protective panels over windows
• Norwegian Bokmål: skodde — protective panels over windows
• Norwegian Bokmål: vinduslem — protective panels over windows
• Polish: okiennica — protective panels over windows
• Portuguese: veneziana — protective panels over windows
• Portuguese: postigo — protective panels over windows
• Romanian: oblon — protective panels over windows
• Russian: ста́вень (stávenʹ) — protective panels over windows
• Campidanese Sardinian: toccadore — protective panels over windows
• Campidanese Sardinian: battenti — protective panels over windows
• Sardinian: importellitu — protective panels over windows
• Sardinian: toccadore — protective panels over windows
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhla — protective panels over windows
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhla uinneig — protective panels over windows
• Scottish Gaelic: for-uinneag — protective panels over windows
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̀пак — protective panels over windows
• Serbo-Croatian: kàpak — protective panels over windows
• Slovak: okenica — protective panels over windows
• Slovene: naoknica — protective panels over windows
• Spanish: postigo — protective panels over windows
• Spanish: contraventana — protective panels over windows
• Spanish: puertaventana — protective panels over windows
• Swedish: fönsterlucka — protective panels over windows
• Ukrainian: віко́нниця (vikónnycja) — protective panels over windows
• Volapük: kläped — protective panels over windows
• Volapük: fenätakläped — protective panels over windows
• Arabic: مِصْرَاع (miṣrāʕ) — part of a camera
• Belarusian: затво́р (zatvór) — part of a camera
• Bulgarian: затво́р (zatvór) — part of a camera
• Chinese Mandarin: 快門 /快门 (kuàimén) — part of a camera
• Czech: závěrka — part of a camera
• Danish: lukke — part of a camera
• Dutch: sluiter — part of a camera
• Finnish: suljin — part of a camera
• French: obturateur — part of a camera
• Georgian: საკეტი (saḳeṭi) — part of a camera
• German: Verschluss — part of a camera
• Greek: διάφραγμα (diáfragma) — part of a camera
• Greek: κλείστρο (kleístro) — part of a camera
• Hebrew: תְּרִיס (tris) — part of a camera
• Hindi: शटर (śaṭar) — part of a camera
• Hungarian: zárszerkezet — part of a camera
• Hungarian: zár — part of a camera
• Icelandic: lokari — part of a camera
• Irish: comhla (ceamara) — part of a camera
• Italian: otturatore — part of a camera
• Japanese: シャッター (shattā) — part of a camera
• Korean: 셔터 (syeoteo) — part of a camera
• Macedonian: затворач (zatvorač) — part of a camera
• Māori: kōpani — part of a camera
• Norwegian Bokmål: lukker — part of a camera
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lukkar — part of a camera
• Persian: شاتر (šâtar) — part of a camera
• Polish: migawka — part of a camera
• Portuguese: obturador — part of a camera
• Romanian: obturator — part of a camera
• Russian: затво́р (zatvór) — part of a camera
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhla — part of a camera
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhla chamara — part of a camera
• Serbo-Croatian: затва̀ра̄ч — part of a camera
• Serbo-Croatian: zatvàrāč — part of a camera
• Slovak: uzávierka — part of a camera
• Slovene: zaklop — part of a camera
• Spanish: obturador — part of a camera
• Swedish: slutare — part of a camera
• Turkish: obtüratör — part of a camera
• Ukrainian: затво́р (zatvór) — part of a camera
• Urdu: شٹر (śaṭar) — part of a camera
• Uzbek: zatvor — part of a camera
• Vietnamese: tấm chắn — part of a camera
• Vietnamese: cửa chắn — part of a camera
• Vietnamese: màn trập — part of a camera
• Volapük: färmüköm — part of a camera