transformer
See also: Transformer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈfɔɹmɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈfɔːmə/, /tɹɑːnsˈfɔːmə/
- Hyphenation: trans‧form‧er
Noun
transformer (plural transformers)
- Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
- (electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling. Their main use is to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows choosing most appropriate voltage for power generation, transmission and distribution separately.
- Alternative letter-case form of Transformer
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
something that transforms
device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity
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See also
- metamorphosis
- shape change
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): [tʁ̥ɑnsˈfɒːmɐ]
Noun
transformer c (singular definite transformeren, plural indefinite transformere)
- (electrical engineering) transformer
Declension
Declension of transformer
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | transformer | transformeren | transformere | transformerne |
| genitive | transformers | transformerens | transformeres | transformernes |
Synonyms
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): [tʁ̥ɑnsfɒˈmeɐ̯ˀ]
Verb
transformer
- imperative of transformere
French
Etymology
From Latin trānsfōrmāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/
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Verb
transformer
- to transform
Conjugation
Conjugation of transformer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | transformer | avoir transformé | |||||
| gerund | en transformant | en ayant transformé | |||||
| present participle | transformant /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | transformé /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
transformes /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
transformons /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
transformez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/ |
transforment /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
| imperfect | transformais /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
transformais /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
transformait /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
transformions /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
transformiez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mje/ |
transformaient /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | transformai /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/ |
transformas /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma/ |
transforma /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma/ |
transformâmes /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mam/ |
transformâtes /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mat/ |
transformèrent /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | transformerai /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
transformeras /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
transformera /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
transformerons /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
transformerez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
transformeront /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | transformerais /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
transformerais /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
transformerait /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
transformerions /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
transformeriez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁje/ |
transformeraient /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
transformes /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
transformions /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
transformiez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mje/ |
transforment /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
| imperfect1 | transformasse /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mas/ |
transformasses /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mas/ |
transformât /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma/ |
transformassions /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
transformassiez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma.sje/ |
transformassent /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
— | transformons /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
transformez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/ |
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Further reading
- “transformer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
transformer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of transformō
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