reformer

See also: Reformer and réformer

English

Etymology

reform +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)mə(r)

Noun

reformer (plural reformers)

1. One who reforms, or who works for reform.
2. (historical) One who was involved in the Reformation.
3. (chemical engineering, fuel cells) A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
4. (chemical engineering, petrochemistry) A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.

Antonyms

• (one who reforms): traditionalist

Translations

one who reforms, or who works for reform

• Arabic: مُصْلِح‎ m (muṣliḥ)
• Czech: reformátor m
• Dutch: hervormer (nl) m, hervormster f
• Finnish: uudistaja (fi)
• German: Reformer (de) m
• Irish: leasaitheoir m
• Japanese: リフォーマー (rifōmā)
• Latin: reformātor m
• Manx: aachrootagh m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: reformator m

  Nynorsk: reformator m

• Russian: реформа́тор (ru) m (reformátor)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-leasachair m, leasachair m
• Swedish: reformator (sv)
• Tagalog: tagamulinyo

one who was involved in the Reformation

• Dutch: hervormer (nl) m
• German: Reformator (de) m

• Swedish: reformator (sv)

Anagrams

• rereform

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French

Verb

reformer

1. to reform, to get/put back together

Conjugation

Conjugation of reformer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	reformer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	reformant /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		reformé /ʁə.fɔʁ.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	reforme /ʁə.fɔʁm/	reformes /ʁə.fɔʁm/	reforme /ʁə.fɔʁm/	reformons /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/	reformez /ʁə.fɔʁ.me/	reforment /ʁə.fɔʁm/
	imperfect	reformais /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɛ/	reformais /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɛ/	reformait /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɛ/	reformions /ʁə.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/	reformiez /ʁə.fɔʁ.mje/	reformaient /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɛ/
	past historic2	reformai /ʁə.fɔʁ.me/	reformas /ʁə.fɔʁ.ma/	reforma /ʁə.fɔʁ.ma/	reformâmes /ʁə.fɔʁ.mam/	reformâtes /ʁə.fɔʁ.mat/	reformèrent /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɛʁ/
	future	reformerai /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/	reformeras /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/	reformera /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/	reformerons /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/	reformerez /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/	reformeront /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	reformerais /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	reformerais /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	reformerait /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	reformerions /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	reformeriez /ʁə.fɔʁ.mə.ʁje/	reformeraient /ʁə.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	reforme /ʁə.fɔʁm/	reformes /ʁə.fɔʁm/	reforme /ʁə.fɔʁm/	reformions /ʁə.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/	reformiez /ʁə.fɔʁ.mje/	reforment /ʁə.fɔʁm/
	imperfect2	reformasse /ʁə.fɔʁ.mas/	reformasses /ʁə.fɔʁ.mas/	reformât /ʁə.fɔʁ.ma/	reformassions /ʁə.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/	reformassiez /ʁə.fɔʁ.ma.sje/	reformassent /ʁə.fɔʁ.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	reforme /ʁə.fɔʁm/	—	reformons /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/	reformez /ʁə.fɔʁ.me/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is only usable with the 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).

Further reading

• “reformer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "reformer"

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Latin

Verb

refōrmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of refōrmō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

reformer m

1. indefinite plural of reform

Verb

reformer

1. imperative of reformere

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

reformer f

1. indefinite plural of reform

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Swedish

Noun

reformer

1. indefinite plural of reform