shelf Pronunciation: /ʃelf/Translate shelf | into German | into Italian | into Spanish French translation of shelfn (pl shelves) 1 étagère (f); (in oven) plaque (f); (in shop, fridge) rayon (m) (a set of) shelves = une étagère 2 (in rock, ice) corniche (f)shelf in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shelf in the British & World English dictionary Definition of shelf in the US English dictionary