Meanings
nouncatalytic converter (plural catalytic converters)
plural catalytic converters
- automotiveA chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.
A long speech forms in my mind—about how this is a free country, and it's none of her business what anybody drives, or how old it is, or what it spews into the atmosphere. [...] "Well, maybe you can keep it. But you definitely have to put in a catalytic converter."
2019, Gordon Korman, The Unteachables, pages 48-49Synonyms: Cadillac converter, cat, catalyser
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.
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Translations
Arabic محول حفزي, محول الحَفَّاز
- محول حفزيchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
- محول الحَفَّازchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Bulgarian катализа́тор, каталити́чен преобразува́тел
- катализа́тор (katalizátor)chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
- каталити́чен преобразува́тел (katalitíčen preobrazuvátel)chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Czech katalyzátor
- katalyzátorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Danish katalysator
- katalysatorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Dutch katalysator
- katalysatorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Estonian katalüüsneutralisaator
- katalüüsneutralisaatorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Finnish katalysaattori, katti
- katalysaattorichamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
- kattichamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
French pot catalytique
- pot catalytiquechamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
German Katalysator
- Katalysatorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Greek καταλύτης
- καταλύτης (katalýtis)chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Hebrew ממיר קטליטי
- ממיר קטליטי (memír kataliti)chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Hungarian katalizátor
- katalizátorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Icelandic efnahvarfi, hvarfakútur
- efnahvarfichamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
- hvarfakúturchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Norwegian Bokmål katalysator
- katalysatorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Persian مبدل کاتالیست
- مبدل کاتالیستchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Polish katalizator
- katalizatorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Portuguese catalisador, conversor catalítico
- catalisadorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
- conversor catalíticochamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Russian каталити́ческий конве́ртер
- каталити́ческий конве́ртер (katalitíčeskij konvérter)chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Spanish convertidor catalítico, conversor catalítico
- convertidor catalíticochamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
- conversor catalíticochamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Swedish katalysator, katalytisk avgasrenare
- katalysatorchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
- katalytisk avgasrenarechamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Turkish katalitik konvertör, katalitik dönüştürücü
- katalitik konvertörchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
- katalitik dönüştürücüchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
- katalizörchamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with catalytic converter
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APA
catalytic converter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catalytic%20converter
MLA
“catalytic converter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catalytic%20converter. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catalytic converter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catalytic%20converter.
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