throttle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɒtəl/
• Rhymes: -ɒtəl

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *throtel, diminutive of throte (“throat”), equivalent to throat +‎ -le. Compare German Drossel (“throttle”). More at throat.

Noun

throttle (plural throttles)

1. A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
2. The lever or pedal that controls this valve.

   Synonyms: accelerator, gas pedal, gas

3. The windpipe or trachea.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Translations

valve

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風門／风门 (zh) (fēngmén), 风门 (zh) (fēngmén), 節流閥／节流阀 (zh), 节流阀 (zh) (jíeliúfá)

• Czech: ventil (cs) m
• Finnish: kuristusläppä (fi), kaasuläppä
• French: accélérateur (fr) m
• German: Drossel (de) f (technical)
• Italian: acceleratore (it) m, farfalla (it) f, valvola a farfalla f
• Japanese: スロットル (surottoru)
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• Portuguese: válvula reguladora f
• Russian: дро́ссель (ru) m (drósselʹ), ^{(please verify)} дро́ссельная засло́нка f (drósselʹnaja zaslónka)
• Serbo-Croatian: вентил m, ventil (sh) m
• Spanish: acelerador (es) m
• Swedish: strypventil c
• Tagalog: panubo
• Turkish: gaz (tr)
• Westrobothnian:

the lever or pedal that controls this valve

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 油門／油门 (zh) (yóumén), 油门 (zh) (yóumén)

• Finnish: kaasupoljin (fi), kaasu (fi)
• French: accélérateur (fr) m
• German: Gaspedal (de) n
• Italian: pedale (it) m, manetta (it) f
• Japanese: アクセル (ja) (akuseru), アクセレレーター (akusererētā)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: acelerador (pt) m
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} педа́ль га́за f (pedálʹ gáza) , акселера́тор (ru) m (akselerátor)
• Serbo-Croatian: papučica gasa, pedala gasa
• Spanish: acelerador (es) m
• Swedish: gaspedal (sv) c
• Turkish: gaz pedalı

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English throtlen (“to choke, strangle, suffocate”), from the noun (see above). Compare German erdrosseln (“to strangle, choke, throttle”).

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
2. (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck.

3. (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
4. (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
5. (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
   • (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     I have seen them shiver and look pale,
     Make periods in the midst of sentences,
     Throttle their practised accent in their fears.

Derived terms

• throttle down

Translations

to cut back speed

• Czech: brzdit
• Finnish: hidastaa jonkin vauhtia
• French: limiter (fr)
• German: drosseln (de)
• Hungarian: lassít (hu), fékez (hu), lefékez (hu)
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• Italian: rallentare (it)
• Russian: замедля́ть (ru) (zamedljátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: oduzeti gas
• Spanish: ralentizar (es)
• Westrobothnian:

to strangle someone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掐死 (zh) (qiāsǐ)

• Czech: škrtit (cs)
• Dutch: wurgen (nl)
• Finnish: kuristaa (fi)
• French: étrangler (fr)
• German: würgen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄγχω (ánkhō)

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• Italian: soffocare (it)
• Latin: offōcō, strangulō
• Portuguese: estrangular (pt)
• Russian: души́ть (ru) (dušítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: tachd, mùch
• Serbo-Croatian: zagušiti (sh), zadaviti (sh)
• Spanish: estrangular (es), ofocar
• Swedish: strypa (sv)
• Westrobothnian:

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} gasa (sv), (increase the speed/throttle up) ^{(please verify)} öka gasen, ^{(please verify)} strypa gasen, (decrease the speed) ^{(please verify)} minska gasen, (of a person) ^{(please verify)} undertrycka (sv), (of an organization) ^{(please verify)} begränsa (sv)
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