converter

English

Alternative forms

• convertor

Etymology

From convert +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈvɜːtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈvɝtɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: con‧vert‧er

Noun

converter (plural converters)

1. A person or thing that converts.
   • 1960 January, “The Swindon Type "4" diesel-hydraulic units”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 41–42, referring to a torque converter:

     The Mekydro transmission employs a single converter and a four-speed mechanical gearbox, which has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity for the same number of gear changes, and does away with the necessity for constantly emptying and filling converters, which tends to harm the oil by aeration.

   1. (electrical engineering) A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.
   2. (metallurgy) 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.
   3. A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide
   4. (computing) A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.

      Coordinate term: unit convertor

   5. (medicine) A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.
   6. A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.
   7. (Southern Ontario, slang) Regional term for remote control.

Derived terms

• analog-to-digital converter
• arc converter
• Bessemer converter
• buck converter
• Cadillac converter
• catalytic converter
• console converter
• delta-sigma converter
• digital converter box
• digital-to-analog converter
• ferroelectric converter
• ink converter
• interconverter
• maniverter
• nanoconverter
• nonconverter
• pentagrid converter
• photoconverter
• rotary converter
• seroconverter
• sigma-delta converter
• teleconverter
• time stretch analog-to-digital converter
• time-to-digital converter
• torque converter
• wide-angle converter

 

Translations

person or thing that converts

• Czech: konvertor m, převodník m
• Finnish: konvertteri (fi), käännyttäjä, muunnin
• French: convertisseur (fr)
• Georgian: გარდამქმნელი (gardamkmneli), კონვერტერი (ḳonverṭeri), კონვერტორი (ḳonverṭori)
• Greek: μετατροπέας (el) m (metatropéas)
• Indonesian: pengubah (id)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omformer m

• Slovak: konvertor m, prevodník m
• Tagalog: pamalinyo

Anagrams

• reconvert

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.veʁˈte(ʁ)/ [kõ.vehˈte(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.veʁˈte(ʁ)/ [kõ.vehˈte(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.veɾˈte(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.veʁˈte(ʁ)/ [kõ.veχˈte(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.veɻˈte(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vɨɾˈteɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vɨɾˈteɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.bɨɾˈteɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vɨɾˈte.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧ver‧ter

Verb

converter (first-person singular present converto, first-person singular preterite converti, past participle convertido)

1. to convert (all senses); to change
2. to transform

Conjugation

    Conjugation of converter (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	converter
Personal	converter	converteres	converter	convertermos	converterdes	converterem
Gerund
	convertendo
Past participle
Masculine	convertido			convertidos
Feminine	convertida			convertidas
Indicative
Present	converto	convertes	converte	convertemos	converteis	convertem
Imperfect	convertia	convertias	convertia	convertíamos	convertíeis	convertiam
Preterite	converti	converteste	converteu	convertemos	convertestes	converteram
Pluperfect	convertera	converteras	convertera	convertêramos	convertêreis	converteram
Future	converterei	converterás	converterá	converteremos	convertereis	converterão
Conditional	converteria	converterias	converteria	converteríamos	converteríeis	converteriam
Subjunctive
Present	converta	convertas	converta	convertamos	convertais	convertam
Imperfect	convertesse	convertesses	convertesse	convertêssemos	convertêsseis	convertessem
Future	converter	converteres	converter	convertermos	converterdes	converterem
Imperative
Affirmative		converte	converta	convertamos	convertei	convertam
Negative (não)		não convertas	não converta	não convertamos	não convertais	não convertam