shut Pronunciation: /ʃʌt/Translate shut | into German | into Italian | into Spanish French translation of shutA. adj fermé/-e her eyes were shut = elle avait les yeux fermés to slam the door shut = claquer la porte (pour bien la fermer) to keep one's mouth (colloq) shut = se taireB. vtr fermerC. vi 1 [door, book, box, mouth] se fermer 2 [office, factory] fermerPhrasal verbs shut downA. [business] fermer; [machinery] s'arrêterB. fermer [business]; arrêter [machinery] shut in enfermer shut off couper [supply, motor] shut out a laisser [qn/qch] dehors [animal, person]; éliminer [noise] to be shut out = être à la porte b empêcher [qch] d'entrer [light] shut upA. (colloq) se taire (about au sujet de)B. a (colloq) (silence) faire taire [person] b (confine) enfermer [person, animal] (in dans)C. fermer [house]shut in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shut in the British & World English dictionary Definition of shut in the US English dictionary