transformer
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[edit] Noun
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transformer (plural transformers)
- Something that transforms, changing is 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.
- (fiction) A robotic shape-changing alien from the popular sci-fi series.
- There's a Wikipedia article on: Transformers (fiction)
[edit] Translations
sthg that transforms
device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity
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robot-shaped alien
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin trānsfōrmāre (trans+forma, across the form)
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[edit] Verb
transformer
- to transform
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of transformer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | transformer | avoir transformé | |||||
| gerund | en transformant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| 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 historic | 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 anterior | 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 |
| imperfect | transformasse | transformasses | transformât | transformassions | transformassiez | transformassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | transforme | — | transformons | transformez | — | ||
