muffler

English

Etymology

muffle +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌflɚ/

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Noun

muffler (plural mufflers)

1. (US, automotive) Part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
2. A silencer or suppressor fitted to a gun.
3. 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

• (part of exhaust pipe): silencer

Translations

part of exhaust pipe

• Azerbaijani: səsboğan
• Belarusian: глушы́цель m (hlušýcjelʹ)
• Bulgarian: заглуши́тел m (zaglušítel)
• Catalan: silenciador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 消音器 (zh) (xiāoyīnqì)

• Dutch: knalpot (nl) m, demper (nl) m, knalpijp (nl) f
• Finnish: äänenvaimennin (fi)
• French: pot d’échappement (fr) m, silencieux d’échappement m
• Georgian: მაყუჩი (maq̇uči)
• German: Schalldämpfer (de) m
• Hungarian: hangtompító (hu)
• Irish: ciúnadóir m
• Italian: smorzatore m, silenziatore (it) m, marmitta (it) f
• Japanese: マフラー (ja) (mafurā), 消音器 (ja) (しょうおんき, shōonki)
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• Korean: 머플러 (meopeulleo), 소음기 (so'eumgi)
• Latvian: trokšņa slāpētājs m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lyddemper m, lydpotte m or f, eksospotte m or f

  Nynorsk: lyddempar m, lydpotte f

• Portuguese: silencioso (pt) m, silenciador (pt) m
• Russian: глуши́тель (ru) m (glušítelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ауспух m

  Roman: auspuh m

• Spanish: silenciador m
• Swedish: ljuddämpare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: глушни́к m (hlušnýk)
• Welsh: distewydd m

scarf — see scarf