shelter

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English

A bus shelter in Reykjavik, Iceland

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛltə(r)

Noun

shelter (plural shelters)

1. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, Well Tackled!^[1]:

     The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.

2. An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.

Translations

a refuge or other protection

• Bengali: আশ্রয় (bn) (Āśraẏa)
• 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)

• Czech: útočiště (cs)
• 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
• Hindi: शरण (hi) (śaraṇ)

• Icelandic: skjól (is) n, athvarf (is) n
• Italian: rifugio (it) m
• Maori: tūrutu (mi)
• Norwegian: ly (no)
• Polish: schronienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: refúgio (pt), abrigo (pt) m
• Russian: убежище (ru) (ubežišče) n
• Scottish Gaelic: dìon (gd) m
• Spanish: refugio (es) m
• Urdu: شرن (ur) (śaraṇ)

institution

• Finnish: yömaja (fi)

• Greek: άσυλο (el) (ásylo) n, στέγη (el) (stégi) f

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)

• Spanish: refugiarse (es)
• ǃXóõ: ǀgâa

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