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

• Czech: reformátor m
• Dutch: hervormer (nl) m, hervormster f
• German: Reformer (de) m
• Irish: leasaitheoir m
• Japanese: リフォーマー (rifōmā)
• 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)

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French

Verb

reformer

1. to reform, to get/put back together

Conjugation

  Conjugation of reformer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reformer			avoir reformé
gerund		en reformant			en ayant reformé
present participle		reformant /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/
past participle		reformé /ʁə.fɔʁ.me/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
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 historic1	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	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	reforme /ʁə.fɔʁm/	reformes /ʁə.fɔʁm/	reforme /ʁə.fɔʁm/	reformions /ʁə.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/	reformiez /ʁə.fɔʁ.mje/	reforment /ʁə.fɔʁm/
	imperfect1	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	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	–
		—	reforme /ʁə.fɔʁm/	—	reformons /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/	reformez /ʁə.fɔʁ.me/	—
1literary tenses

Further reading

• “reformer” in le 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

reformer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of reformō

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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