transformer
See also: Transformer
English
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
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
something that transforms
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device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity
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See also
- metamorphosis
- shape change
Danish
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): [tʁ̥ɑnsˈfɒːmɐ]
Noun
transformer c (singular definite transformeren, plural indefinite transformere)
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]
French
Etymology
From Old French transformer, borrowed from Latin trānsfōrmō, trānsfōrmāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of transformer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | transformant /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | transformé /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | transformer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | transformant /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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 historic2 | 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 | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
transformes /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
transformions /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
transformiez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mje/ |
transforment /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
| imperfect2 | 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ |
— | transformons /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
transformez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “transformer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
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