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converter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kənˈvɜːtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• [-ɾɜɹ] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kənˈvɜɹtɜɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English converter From convert + -er.

Meanings

1. A person or thing that converts.
   • The Mekydro transmission employs a single converter and a four-speed mechanical gearbox, which has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity for the same number of gear changes, and does away with the necessity for constantly emptying and filling converters, which tends to harm the oil by aeration. 1960 January, “The Swindon Type "4" diesel-hydraulic units”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 41–42, referring to a torque converter:
2. A person or thing that converts. ▸ A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.
3. A person or thing that converts. ▸ A retort or furnace, used e.g. in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
4. A person or thing that converts. ▸ A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide
5. A person or thing that converts. ▸ A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.
6. A person or thing that converts. ▸ A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.
7. A person or thing that converts. ▸ A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.
8. (Ontario, Southern, slang) A person or thing that converts. ▸ Regional term for remote control.

Forms

Coordinates

unit convertor

Deriveds

time-to-digital converter · digital-to-analog converter · time stretch analog-to-digital converter · nanoconverter · buck converter · Johnson thermoelectric energy converter · teleconverter · seroconverter · arc converter · ink converter · Cadillac converter · torque converter · pentagrid converter · console converter · photoconverter · catalytic converter · digital converter box · regional converter · rotary converter · interconverter · nonconverter · maniverter · analog-to-digital converter · ferroelectric converter · wide-angle converter · delta-sigma converter · sigma-delta converter · Bessemer converter

Translations (18)

sv konverterare (person or thing that converts) · fi muunnin (person or thing that converts) · ka კონვერტორი (person or thing that converts) · cs převodník (person or thing that converts) · fi konvertteri (person or thing that converts) · nb omformer (person or thing that converts) · es convertidor (person or thing that converts) · tl pamalinyo (person or thing that converts) · sk konvertor (person or thing that converts) · es conversor (person or thing that converts) · cs konvertor (person or thing that converts) · fr convertisseur (person or thing that converts) · fi käännyttäjä (person or thing that converts) · el μετατροπέας (person or thing that converts) · ka კონვერტერი (person or thing that converts) · id pengubah (person or thing that converts) · ka გარდამქმნელი (person or thing that converts) · sk prevodník (person or thing that converts)