transformer

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

to transform + -er

Noun

transformer (plural transformers)

1. Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
2. (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.

Translations

something that transforms

• Finnish: muuttaja (fi) (subject), muuttuja (fi) (object)
• Greek: μετασχηματιστής (el) (metaschimatistís) m

• Swahili: kigeuzi (sw)

device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity

• Arabic: محول (ar) (muHawwil) m
• Bengali: ট্রান্সফরমার (bn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 變壓器, simpl. 变压器 (pinyin: biànyāqì)

• Czech: transformátor (cs) m
• Finnish: muuntaja (fi)
• French: transformateur (fr) m
• German: Transformator (de) m
• Greek: μετασχηματιστής (el) (metaschimatistís) m (metaschimatistís)

• Hungarian: transzformátor (hu)
• Italian: trasformatore (it) m
• Japanese: 変圧器 (ja) (hen'atsuki), 変流器 (ja) (henryūki)
• Portuguese: transformador (pt) m
• Romanian: transformator (ro) n
• Russian: трансформатор (ru) (transformátor) m
• Spanish: transformador (es) m
• Swahili: mtambo wa transfoma (sw)

Related terms

• transform
• transformation

See also

• metamorphosis
• shape change

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French

Etymology

From Latin trānsfōrmāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

transformer

1. 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
past participle		transformé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	transforme	transformes	transforme	transformons	transformez	transforment
	imperfect	transformais	transformais	transformait	transformions	transformiez	transformaient
	past historic1	transformai	transformas	transforma	transformâmes	transformâtes	transformèrent
	future	transformerai	transformeras	transformera	transformerons	transformerez	transformeront
	conditional	transformerais	transformerais	transformerait	transformerions	transformeriez	transformeraient
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	transformes	transforme	transformions	transformiez	transforment
	imperfect1	transformasse	transformasses	transformât	transformassions	transformassiez	transformassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	transforme	—	transformons	transformez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

transformer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of transformō