shelter

English

A bus shelter in Reykjavík, Iceland

Etymology

From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English sċildtruma, sċyldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from sċyld, sċield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛltə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛltɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛltə(ɹ)
• Homophone: Shelta (non-rhotic)

Noun

shelter (plural shelters)

1. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in 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.

Derived terms

• Adirondack shelter
• air-raid shelter
• Anderson shelter
• animal shelter
• bomb shelter
• bus shelter
• fallout shelter
• fall-out shelter
• homeless shelter
• kill shelter
• Morrison shelter
• night shelter
• no-kill shelter
• rock shelter
• shelter belt
• shelter deck
• shelter dog
• shelter half
• shelter-half
• shelter in place
• shelter-in-place
• shelter tent
• tax shelter
• tornado shelter
• typhoon shelter
• waiting shelter
• women's shelter

 

Translations

a refuge or other protection

• Albanian: strehë (sq) f
• Arabic: مَلَاذ m (malāḏ), مَخْلَص m (maḵlaṣ)
• Armenian: ապաստան (hy) (apastan)
• Azerbaijani: sığıncaq, pənah (poetic)
• Basque: aterpe
• Belarusian: прыту́лак m (prytúlak), прыста́нішча n (prystánišča), прыста́нак m (prystának), укры́цце n (ukrýccje), укрыццё n (ukryccjó)
• Bengali: আশ্রয় (bn) (asroẏ), পানা (bn) (pana)
• Bulgarian: убе́жище (bg) n (ubéžište)
• Burmese: အရိပ်အာဝါသ (my) (a.rip-awasa.)
• Catalan: aixopluc (ca), recer (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棲身之地／栖身之地 (qīshēn zhīdì), 住處／住处 (zh) (zhùchù), 庇護／庇护 (zh) (bìhù), 掩蔽 (zh) (yǎnbì)

• Czech: útočiště (cs) n
• Danish: ly n
• Dutch: onderdak (nl) n, toevluchtsoord (nl) n, hokje (nl) n, schuilplaats (nl) c
• Egyptian: (kꜣp), (njꜣj)
• Esperanto: ŝirmo
• Estonian: peavari
• Finnish: suojapaikka, turvapaikka (fi), suoja (fi)
• French: abri (fr), refuge (fr) m
• Georgian: თავშესაფარი (tavšesapari), ნავსაყუდელი (navsaq̇udeli), სავანე (savane)
• German: Zuflucht (de) f, Obdach (de) n, Zufluchtsort (de) m, Schutzraum (de) m
• Greek: καταφύγιο (el) n (katafýgio)

  Ancient: σκέπη f (sképē)

• Hebrew: מִקְלָט (he) m (miklát)
• Hindi: शरण (hi) f (śaraṇ), पनाह (hi) f (panāh), पनाहगाह m (panāhgāh)
• Hungarian: (abstractly) menedék (hu), védelem (hu), oltalom (hu), (as a place) menedékhely (hu), óvóhely (hu), menedékház (hu), búvóhely (hu), (bus etc. stop) fedett váró/megálló
• Icelandic: skjól n, athvarf (is) n
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Ingrian: varjo
• Irish: foscadh m, fothain f
• Italian: rifugio (it) m, riparo (it) m
• Japanese: 避難所 (ja) (ひなんじょ, hinanjo)
• Kabuverdianu: gazadju
• Kazakh: баспана (baspana), пана (pana)
• Khmer: ជំរក (cumrɔɔk)
• Korean: 피난처(避難處) (ko) (pinancheo)
• Kyrgyz: башкалка (başkalka)
• Ladin: sosta f
• Lao: ທັບ (thap), ນິດໃສ (nit sai), ສາທະນະ (sā tha na), ສ້ອງ (sǭng)
• Latin: tegmen n, suffugium n, tūtum n
• Latvian: pajumte f, patversme f
• Lithuanian: pastogė f
• Luxembourgish: Ënnerdaach (lb) m
• Macedonian: засолниште n (zasolnište)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: ഷെൽറ്റർ (ṣelṟṟaṟ), അഭയസ്ഥാനം (abhayasthānaṁ)
• Maori: tūrutu, pātūtū, tāwharau, māhauhau (temporary)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: आवास (ne) (āvās), शरण (śaraṇ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ly n

• Old Czech: brh m
• Ottoman Turkish: التجا (iltica)
• Persian: پَناهْگاه (fa) (panâhgâh), مَخْلَص (fa) (maxlas) (archaic), پَناه (fa) (panâh)
• Plautdietsch: Schulinj f
• Polish: schronienie (pl) n, schronisko (pl) n, przytułek (pl) m
• Portuguese: refúgio (pt), abrigo (pt) m, amparo (pt), asilo (pt)
• Romanian: adăpost (ro) n
• Russian: убе́жище (ru) n (ubéžišče), укры́тие (ru) n (ukrýtije), прию́т (ru) m (prijút), прибе́жище (ru) n (pribéžišče), приста́нище (ru) n (pristánišče), укры́тие (ru) n (ukrýtije)
• Sanskrit: शरण (sa) n (śaraṇa)
• Scottish Gaelic: dìon m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀точӣште n

  Roman: ùtočīšte (sh) n

• Slovak: útočisko n
• Slovene: zaklonišče n
• Spanish: refugio (es) m, abrigo (es), amparo (es), asilo (es), abrigadero (es)
• Swedish: skydd (sv) n
• Tajik: паноҳгоҳ (panohgoh), гурезгоҳ (gurezgoh), панох (panox)
• Thai: ที่หลบภัย, อาวรณ์ (th) (aa-wɔɔn), ร่มไม้ชายคา, ที่พักอาศัย
• Turkish: sığınak (tr), barınak (tr)
• Ukrainian: приту́лок (uk) m (prytúlok), укриття́ n (ukryttjá)
• Urdu: پَناہ f (panāh), شَرَن f (śaran), پَناہ گاہ m (panāh gāh)
• Uyghur: پاناھگاھ (panahgah), پاناھ (panah)
• Uzbek: boshpana (uz), panohgoh (uz), panoh (uz)
• Vietnamese: chỗ che, chỗ ẩn, chỗ núp
• Welsh: cysgod (cy), lloches
• Zazaki: serte (diq) m, komek f

institution

• Armenian: ապաստարան (hy) (apastaran)
• Bulgarian: прию́т (bg) m (prijút)
• Dutch: opvang (nl) c
• Estonian: peavari
• Finnish: yömaja (fi)
• French: refuge (fr) m
• Greek: άσυλο (el) n (ásylo), στέγη (el) f (stégi)
• Hungarian: menedékhely (hu), menhely (hu), (for homeless people) hajléktalanszálló (hu)
• Irish: dídean (ga) m
• Latvian: pajumte f, patversme f
• Lithuanian: pastogė f
• Macedonian: прифатилиште n (prifatilište)
• Malayalam: അഭയമന്ദിരം (abhayamandiraṁ)
• Portuguese: abrigo (pt), refúgio (pt)
• Russian: прию́т (ru) m (prijút), убе́жище (ru) n (ubéžišče), ночле́жка (ru) f (nočléžka) (doss-house), ше́лтер (ru) m (šéltɛr)
• Spanish: hogar (es) m

Verb

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

shelter-in-place

1. (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
   • 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton:

     Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society:

     You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered.

2. (intransitive) To take cover.

   During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.

Translations

transitive, to provide cover

• Azerbaijani: sığındırmaq, daldalamaq
• Bulgarian: подслоня́вам (bg) impf (podslonjávam), подслоня́ pf (podslonjá)
• Catalan: aixoplugar (ca)
• Esperanto: ŝirmi
• Finnish: suojata (fi)
• French: abriter (fr)
• Georgian: შეფარება (šepareba)
• Greek: προστατεύω (el) (prostatévo), προσφέρω καταφύγιο (prosféro katafýgio)
• Hindi: पनाह देना (panāh denā), शरण देना (śaraṇ denā)
• Hungarian: menedéket nyújt, véd (hu), megvéd (hu), oltalmaz (hu)
• Ingrian: varjota, varjostaa
• Italian: dare rifugio
• Korean: 감싸다 (ko) (gamssada)
• Maori: tāwharau, whakaruru, whakamarumaru, whakamauru, whakaruruhau, whakamaru, whakahau
• Middle English: warysshen
• Portuguese: proteger (pt), refugiar (pt)
• Russian: приюти́ть (ru) pf (prijutítʹ), укрыва́ть (ru) impf (ukryvátʹ), укры́ть (ru) pf (ukrýtʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dìon
• Spanish: cobijar (es), albergar (es), guarecer (es)
• Swedish: skydda (sv)
• Turkish: sığındırmak
• Vietnamese: che chở (vi), che (vi), bảo vệ (vi)

intransitive, to take cover

• Azerbaijani: sığınmaq, daldalanmaq, pənah aparmaq, pənah gətirmək
• Bulgarian: подслоня́вам се (bg) impf (podslonjávam se), подслоня́ се pf (podslonjá se)
• Catalan: aixoplugar-se (ca)
• Finnish: suojautua (fi)
• French: s’abriter (fr)
• Hungarian: menedéket/-re talál/lel, behúzódik (hu)
• Italian: rifugiarsi (it), ripararsi (it)
• Korean: 피하다 (ko) (pihada)
• Ladin: ji a sosta
• Maori: ruru, tāwharau
• Portuguese: proteger-se, refugiar-se
• Russian: укрыва́ться (ru) impf (ukryvátʹsja), укры́ться (ru) pf (ukrýtʹsja)
• Spanish: refugiarse (es), guarecerse (es)
• Vietnamese: trú ẩn (vi), trú (vi), ẩn (vi), núp (vi), nấp (vi), trốn (vi)
• ǃXóõ: ǀgâa

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} brinuti se (sh), ^{(please verify)} zbrinuti (sh)

Anagrams

• Ehlerts, Hertels, Shetler, Strehle, helters, three Ls