shelter

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English

A bus shelter in Reykjavik, Iceland

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈʃɛltə/, SAMPA: /"SElt@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈʃɛltɚ/, SAMPA: /"SElt@`/

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• Rhymes: -ɛltə(r)

Noun

shelter (plural shelters)

1. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something
2. An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc

Translations

a refuge or other protection

Chinese: Mandarin: 棲身之地 (cmn), 栖身之地 (cmn) (qīshēn zhīdì), 住處 (cmn), 住处 (cmn) (zhùchù), 庇護 (cmn), 庇护 (cmn) (bìhù), 掩蔽 (cmn) (yǎnbì) Dutch: onderdak (nl) n. Finnish: suojapaikka (fi), turvapaikka (fi), suoja (fi) French: abri (fr), refuge (fr) m. German: Zuflucht (de) f., Obdach (de) n., Zufluchtsort (de) m. Greek: καταφύγιο (el) (katafýgio) n.

Icelandic: skjól (is) n., athvarf (is) n. Italian: rifugio (it) m. Norwegian: ly (no) Polish: schronienie (pl) n. Portuguese: refúgio (pt) Russian: убежище (ru) n. Scottish Gaelic: dìon (gd) m. Spanish: refugio (es) m.

institution

Finnish: yömaja (fi)

Derived terms

• bus shelter

Verb

shelter (third-person singular simple present shelters, present participle sheltering, simple past and past participle sheltered)

1. (transitive) To provide cover
2. (intransitive) To take cover

Translations

transitive, to provide cover

Finnish: suojata (fi) French: abriter (fr) Greek: προστατεύω (el) (prostatévo),προσφέρω καταφύγιο (el) (prosféro katafýgio)

Italian: dare rifugio (it) Scottish Gaelic: dìon (gd)

intransitive, to take cover

Finnish: suojautua (fi) Italian: rifugiarsi (it)

!Xóõ: ǀgâa

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Serbo-Croatian: brinuti se (hr), zbrinuti (hr) Portuguese: cobrir (pt), refugiar (pt)