different between converter vs transmuter

English

Etymology

convert +? -er

Alternative forms

• convertor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?v??(r)t?(r)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t?(r)

Noun

converter (plural converters)

1. (generic) person or thing that converts
2. (electrical engineering) device that changes voltage or frequency
3. (metallurgy) retort, used 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. (computing) program that converts one file format to another one
5. (medicine) patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition

Derived terms

• console converter
• rotary converter

Translations

Anagrams

• reconvert

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ve?.?te(?)/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

English

Etymology

transmute +? -er

Noun

transmuter (plural transmuters)

1. One who, or that which, transmutes.
   • 2002, Lawrence Principe, Lloyd DeWitt, Transmutations (page 8)

     Hopeful transmuters of metals thus became associated with counterfeiters and forgers. Accordingly, during his tour of the Inferno, Dante meets two alchemists deep in the eighth circle of Hell […]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tr?nsm?t?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???s.my.te/

Verb

transmuter

1. (transitive) to transmute

Conjugation

Synonyms

• transmuer

Further reading

• “transmuter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

tr?nsm?ter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tr?nsm?t?