Hold the button down until you hear the shutter make a clicking sound.
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Shutter
//ˈʃʌt.ə//
Synonyms for "shutter" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (7)
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1 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
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46 entriesShowing 16 of 46 words.
Translations
123 translations across 47 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مِصْرَاع noun (part of a camera)
Belarusian
4 entries- акані́ца noun (protective panels over windows)
- аке́нніца noun (protective panels over windows)
- аке́ньніца noun (protective panels over windows)
- ваке́нніца noun (protective panels over windows)
Bulgarian
4 entries- жалузи noun (protective panels over windows)
- затваряч noun (one who shuts or closes)
- затво́р noun (part of a camera)
- капа́к noun (protective panels over windows)
Campidanese Sardinian
2 entries- battenti noun (protective panels over windows)
- toccadore noun (protective panels over windows)
Catalan
2 entries- finestró noun (protective panels over windows)
- porticó noun (protective panels over windows)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 快門 /快门 noun (part of a camera)
- 窗板 noun (protective panels over windows)
- 護窗板 /护窗板 noun (protective panels over windows)
Czech
2 entries- okenice noun (protective panels over windows)
- závěrka noun (part of a camera)
Danish
2 entries- lukke noun (part of a camera)
- skodde noun (protective panels over windows)
Dutch
2 entries- luik noun (protective panels over windows)
- sluiter noun (part of a camera)
Finnish
3 entries- ikkunaluukku noun (protective panels over windows)
- suljin noun (part of a camera)
- sulkija noun (one who shuts or closes)
French
3 entries- contrevent noun (protective panels over windows)
- obturateur noun (part of a camera)
- volet noun (protective panels over windows)
Galician
1 entries- contra noun (protective panels over windows)
Georgian
2 entries- დარაბა noun (protective panels over windows)
- საკეტი noun (part of a camera)
German
4 entries- Fensterladen noun (protective panels over windows)
- Rollladen noun (protective panels over windows)
- Verschließender noun (one who shuts or closes)
- Verschließer noun (one who shuts or closes)
Greek
4 entries- διάφραγμα noun (part of a camera)
- κλείστρο noun (part of a camera)
- παντζούρι noun (protective panels over windows)
- παραθυρόφυλλο noun (protective panels over windows)
Hebrew
2 entries- תְּרִיס noun (protective panels over windows)
- תְּרִיס noun (part of a camera)
Hindi
1 entries- शटर noun (part of a camera)
Hungarian
4 entries- spaletta noun (protective panels over windows)
- zsalu noun (protective panels over windows)
- zsalugáter noun (protective panels over windows)
- zár noun (part of a camera)
Icelandic
3 entries- gluggahleri noun (protective panels over windows)
- hleri noun (protective panels over windows)
- lokari noun (part of a camera)
Irish
2 entries- comhla (ceamara) noun (part of a camera)
- comhla (fuinneoige) noun (protective panels over windows)
Italian
4 entries- anta noun (protective panels over windows)
- battente noun (protective panels over windows)
- otturatore noun (part of a camera)
- persiana noun (protective panels over windows)
Japanese
2 entries- シャッター noun (part of a camera)
- 雨戸 noun (protective panels over windows)
Kashubian
1 entries- òczelnica noun (protective panels over windows)
Korean
3 entries- 덧문 noun (protective panels over windows)
- 빈지문 noun (protective panels over windows)
- 셔터 noun (part of a camera)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Lued noun (protective panels over windows)
Macedonian
3 entries- затворач noun (part of a camera)
- капак noun (protective panels over windows)
- ќепенок noun (protective panels over windows)
Māori
2 entries- kōpani noun (part of a camera)
- pihanga noun (protective panels over windows)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- lukker noun (part of a camera)
- skodde noun (protective panels over windows)
- vinduslem noun (protective panels over windows)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lukkar noun (part of a camera)
Persian
1 entries- شاتر noun (part of a camera)
Polish
2 entries- migawka noun (part of a camera)
- okiennica noun (protective panels over windows)
Portuguese
3 entries- obturador noun (part of a camera)
- postigo noun (protective panels over windows)
- veneziana noun (protective panels over windows)
Romanian
2 entries- oblon noun (protective panels over windows)
- obturator noun (part of a camera)
Russian
4 entries- закрыва́тель noun (one who shuts or closes)
- закрыва́тельница noun (one who shuts or closes)
- закрыва́ющая noun (one who shuts or closes)
- закрыва́ющий noun (one who shuts or closes)
Sardinian
2 entries- importellitu noun (protective panels over windows)
- toccadore noun (protective panels over windows)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- còmhla noun (protective panels over windows)
- còmhla noun (part of a camera)
- còmhla chamara noun (part of a camera)
- còmhla uinneig noun (protective panels over windows)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kàpak noun (protective panels over windows)
- zatvàrāč noun (part of a camera)
- затва̀ра̄ч noun (part of a camera)
- ка̀пак noun (protective panels over windows)
Slovak
2 entries- okenica noun (protective panels over windows)
- uzávierka noun (part of a camera)
Slovene
2 entries- naoknica noun (protective panels over windows)
- zaklop noun (part of a camera)
Spanish
4 entries- contraventana noun (protective panels over windows)
- obturador noun (part of a camera)
- postigo noun (protective panels over windows)
- puertaventana noun (protective panels over windows)
Swedish
2 entries- fönsterlucka noun (protective panels over windows)
- slutare noun (part of a camera)
Turkish
1 entries- obtüratör noun (part of a camera)
Ukrainian
2 entries- віко́нниця noun (protective panels over windows)
- затво́р noun (part of a camera)
Urdu
1 entries- شٹر noun (part of a camera)
Uzbek
1 entries- zatvor noun (part of a camera)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cửa chắn noun (part of a camera)
- màn trập noun (part of a camera)
- tấm chắn noun (part of a camera)
Volapük
3 entries- fenätakläped noun (protective panels over windows)
- färmüköm noun (part of a camera)
- kläped noun (protective panels over windows)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
I forgot to shutter the windows before the storm hit.
Source: tatoeba (696954)
What a home! The place looked like some disused rag-store. The large unglazed window was closed up by a dilapidated shutter.
Source: tatoeba (1987226)
The camera has a split-second shutter time lag of just 0.05 s.
Source: tatoeba (8299250)
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