reformer
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)mə(r)
Noun
reformer (plural reformers)
- One who reforms, or who works for reform.
- (historical) One who was involved in the Reformation.
- (chemical engineering, fuel cells) A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
- (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
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one who was involved in the Reformation
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French
Conjugation
Conjugation of reformer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | reformant /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | reformé /ʁə.fɔʁ.me/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | reformer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | reformant /ʁə.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 | 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | reforme /ʁə.fɔʁm/ |
— | reformons /ʁə.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
reformez /ʁə.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). | |||||||
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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