transmuter

English

Etymology

transmute + -er

Noun

transmuter (plural transmuters)

  1. One who, or that which, transmutes.
    • 2002, Lawrence Principe, ‎Lloyd DeWitt, Transmutations (page 8)
      Hopeful transmuters of metals thus became associated with counterfeiters and forgers. Accordingly, during his tour of the Inferno, Dante meets two alchemists deep in the eighth circle of Hell []

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsmūtō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.my.te/

Verb

transmuter

  1. (transitive) to transmute

Conjugation

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Latin

Verb

trānsmūter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of trānsmūtō
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