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muffler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmʌflɚ/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English muffle 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 muffler From muffle + -er.

Meanings

  1. (US) Something or someone that muffles. ▸ A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
    • Holonym: exhaust system
  2. Something or someone that muffles. ▸ An accessory for a firearm that lessens the noise at the muzzle.
  3. Something or someone that muffles. ▸ A type of scarf.
    • The newcomer took off his cap and his big woollen muffler. His nose was pointed and red. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
    • He was wearing a maroon cashmere muffler which had hiked up on his neck, giving him next to no protection against the cold. Abruptly, and rather absently, he took his right hand out of his coat pocket and started to adjust the muffler, but before it was adjusted, he changed his mind […] 1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 4:
  4. (World-War-I, rare, slang) Something or someone that muffles. ▸ A gas mask.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mufflers Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

loudener

Deriveds

muffler bearing · mufflered · muffler furnace · mufflerless

Descendants

mofle · myffler · マフラー

Hypernyms

scarf · garment

Relateds

manifold · exhaust pipe · header · sidepipe · tailpipe · catalytic converter

Synonyms

silencer · silencer · suppressor

Translations (49)

lt duslintuvas (part of exhaust pipe) · ja マフラー (part of exhaust pipe) · fr pot d'échappement (part of exhaust pipe) · es mófler (part of exhaust pipe) · ru глуши́тель (part of exhaust pipe) · es mufla (part of exhaust pipe) · uk глушни́к (part of exhaust pipe) · nl knalpot (part of exhaust pipe) · es mufle (part of exhaust pipe) · ms ekzos (part of exhaust pipe) · fi äänenvaimennin (part of exhaust pipe) · es silenciador (part of exhaust pipe) · nb lydpotte (part of exhaust pipe) · nl knalpijp (part of exhaust pipe) · ca silenciador (part of exhaust pipe) · ja 消音器 (part of exhaust pipe) · nn lyddempar (part of exhaust pipe) · es silencioso (part of exhaust pipe) · ka მაყუჩი (part of exhaust pipe) · ga ciúnadóir (part of exhaust pipe) · hu hangtompító (part of exhaust pipe) · lv trokšņa slāpētājs (part of exhaust pipe) · it smorzatore (part of exhaust pipe) · nb eksospotte (part of exhaust pipe) · id knalpot (part of exhaust pipe) · de Schalldämpfer (part of exhaust pipe) · it marmitta (part of exhaust pipe) · tr susturucu (part of exhaust pipe) · be глушы́цель (part of exhaust pipe) · sh auspuh (part of exhaust pipe) · es muffler (part of exhaust pipe) · ro tobă de eșapament (part of exhaust pipe) · es mofle (part of exhaust pipe) · fr silencieux d'échappement (part of exhaust pipe) · ko 머플러 (part of exhaust pipe) · bg заглуши́тел (part of exhaust pipe) · sh ауспух (part of exhaust pipe) · nb lyddemper (part of exhaust pipe) · ko 소음기 (part of exhaust pipe) · nn lydpotte (part of exhaust pipe) · cmn 消音器 (part of exhaust pipe) · pl tłumik wydechowy (part of exhaust pipe) · sv ljuddämpare (part of exhaust pipe) · pt silenciador (part of exhaust pipe) · az səsboğan (part of exhaust pipe) · pt silencioso (part of exhaust pipe) · nl demper (part of exhaust pipe) · it silenziatore (part of exhaust pipe) · cy distewydd (part of exhaust pipe)

wikidata: Q754396 · wikidata: Q4218240 · wikidata: Q219699 · wikidata: Q1165721