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converter.

A person or thing that converts.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kənˈvɜːtə/Received-Pronunciation/kənˈvɜɹtɜɹ/General-American[-ɾɜɹ]General-American
  1. A person or thing that converts.

  2. A person or thing that converts. A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.

  3. A person or thing that converts. A retort or furnace, used e.g. in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

  4. A person or thing that converts. A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide

  5. A person or thing that converts. A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.

  6. A person or thing that converts. A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.

  7. A person or thing that converts. A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.

  8. A person or thing that converts. Regional term for remote control.

    Ontario · Southern · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert 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 converter From convert + -er.

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