muffler

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈmʌflɚ/ X-SAMPA: /"mVfl@`/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

muffler (plural mufflers)

1. (US) Part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
2. A type of scarf.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 8

     The newcomer took off his cap and his big woollen muffler. His nose was pointed and red.

Synonyms

• silencer

Translations

part of exhaust pipe

• Catalan: silenciador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 消音器 (cmn) (xiāoyīnqì)

• Dutch: knalpot (nl) m, demper (nl) m
• Finnish: äänenvaimennin (fi)
• French: pot d'échappement (fr) m, silencieux d'échappement (fr) m
• German: Schalldämpfer (de) m

• Hungarian: hangtompító (hu)
• Japanese: マフラー (ja) (mafurā), 消音器 (ja) (しょうおんき, shōonki)
• Russian: глушитель (ru) (glušítelʹ) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ауспух (sh) m

  Roman: auspuh (sh) m

• Spanish: silenciador (es) m

scarf — see scarf