shutter

See also: Shutter

English

Blue window shutters

A focal-plane shutter

Etymology

From shut +‎ -er. Compare shuttle.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌ.ɾɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌ.tə/
- Audio (US) (file)
- Homophone: shudder
Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)

Noun

shutter (plural shutters)

One who shuts or closes something.
- 1980, Max Scheler, Manfred S. Frings (translator), Problems of a Sociology of Knowledge
  the openers and shutters of the sluices we believe are basic to the history of mind
- 1958, Blackwood's Magazine
  The volunteers consisted of a ringmaster, two experienced young cattlemen to grade the cattle, gate-openers and shutters […]
(usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.

Derived terms

roller shutter
shutter priority
shutter speed

Descendants

→ Japanese: シャッター (shattā)

Translations

one who shuts or closes

Bulgarian: затваряч m (zatvarjač)
Finnish: sulkija (fi)
German: Verschließender m, Verschließer m
Russian: закрыва́тель (ru) m (zakryvátelʹ), закрыва́тельница f (zakryvátelʹnica), закрыва́ющий (ru) m (zakryvájuščij), закрыва́ющая f (zakryvájuščaja)

protective panels over windows

Belarusian: акані́ца f (akaníca), аке́ньніца f (akjénʹnica), ваке́ньніца f (vakjénʹnica), аке́нніца f (akjénnica), ваке́нніца f (vakjénnica)
Bulgarian: капа́к (bg) m (kapák), кепе́нк m (kepénk), жалузи (bg) (žaluzi)
Catalan: porticó (ca) m, finestró m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 護窗板／护窗板 (hùchuāngbǎn), 窗板 (zh) (chuāngbǎn)
Czech: okenice f
Dutch: luik (nl) n
Finnish: ikkunaluukku
French: volet (fr) m, contrevent (fr)
Galician: contra f
Georgian: დარაბა (daraba)
German: (chiefly one hinged on the side) Fensterladen (de) m; (roller shutter) Rollladen (de)
Greek: παραθυρόφυλλο (el) n (parathyrófyllo), παντζούρι (el) n (pantzoúri)
Hebrew: תְּרִיס‎ (he) m (tris)
Hungarian: zsalu (hu), zsalugáter (hu), spaletta (hu)
Icelandic: gluggahleri m, hleri (is) m
Irish: comhla (fuinneoige) m
Italian: anta (it) f, battente (it) m, persiana (it) f, scuro (it) m
Japanese: 雨戸 (あまど, amado)
Kashubian: òczelnica f
Korean: 빈지문 (binjimun), 덧문 (deonmun)
Luxembourgish: Lued f
Macedonian: капак m (kapak), ќепенок m (ḱepenok)
Maori: pihanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skodde (no) m, vinduslem m
Polish: okiennica (pl) f
Portuguese: veneziana f, postigo (pt)
Romanian: oblon (ro) n
Russian: ста́вень (ru) m (stávenʹ)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: toccadore, battenti
Logudorese: importellitu, toccadore
Scottish Gaelic: còmhla f, còmhla uinneig f, for-uinneag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̀пак m
Roman: kàpak (sh) m
Slovak: okenica f
Slovene: naoknica f
Spanish: postigo (es) m, contraventana (es) f
Swedish: fönsterlucka (sv) c
Ukrainian: віко́нниця f (vikónnycja)
Volapük: kläped (vo), fenätakläped (vo)

part of a camera

Arabic: مِصْرَاع‎ (ar) m (miṣrāʿ)
Belarusian: затво́р m (zatvór)
Bulgarian: затво́р (bg) m (zatvór)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 快門／快门 (zh) (kuàimén)
Czech: závěrka (cs) f
Danish: lukke (da) n
Dutch: sluiter (nl) m
Finnish: suljin (fi)
French: obturateur (fr) m
Georgian: საკეტი (saḳeṭi)
German: Verschluss (de) m
Greek: διάφραγμα (el) n (diáfragma)
Hebrew: תְּרִיס‎ (he) m (tris)
Hindi: शटर m (śaṭar)
Hungarian: zárszerkezet (hu), zár (hu)
Icelandic: lokari m
Irish: comhla (ceamara) m
Italian: otturatore (it) m
Japanese: シャッター (shattā)
Korean: 셔터 (ko) (syeoteo)
Macedonian: затворач m (zatvorač)
Maori: kōpani
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lukker m
Nynorsk: lukkar m
Persian: شاتر‎ (šâtar)
Polish: migawka (pl) f
Portuguese: obturador m
Romanian: obturator (ro) n
Russian: затво́р (ru) m (zatvór)
Scottish Gaelic: còmhla f, còmhla chamara f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: затва̀ра̄ч m
Roman: zatvàrāč (sh) m
Slovak: uzávierka f
Slovene: zaklop m
Spanish: obturador m
Swedish: slutare (sv) c
Turkish: obtüratör
Ukrainian: затво́р m (zatvór)
Urdu: شٹر‎ m (śaṭar)
Uzbek: zatvor (uz)
Vietnamese: tấm chắn, cửa chắn, màn trập
Volapük: färmüköm

Verb

shutter (third-person singular simple present shutters, present participle shuttering, simple past and past participle shuttered)

(transitive) To close shutters covering.
Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!
(transitive, figurative) To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.
(transitive) To cancel or terminate.
The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.
- December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian‎:
  It has been a dithery decade for nuclear policy. After the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, several countries began shuttering their reactors and tearing up plans for new ones.
- 2015, Henry Bial, Playing God: The Bible on the Broadway Stage (page 3)
  After some additional legal wrangling, Morse, exhausted and out of money, withdrew his remaining appeals and shuttered the production in April 1883.

Anagrams

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