silencer

English

Etymology

silence +‎ -er

Noun

silencer (plural silencers)

1. An attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits.
2. Something that silences another thing.

Synonyms

• (attachment): suppressor

Translations

attachment

Czech: tlumič (cs) Dutch: demper (nl) Finnish: äänenvaimennin (fi) Hungarian: hangtompító (hu)

Norwegian: Bokmål: lyddemper (no) m. Nynorsk: lyddempar (nn) m. Turkish: susturucu (tr)

something that silences another thing

Estonian: summuti (et) Finnish: äänenvaimennin (fi)

Serbian: prigušivač m.

Anagrams

• licenser
• reclines