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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
transform + -er
Pronunciation
Noun
transformer (plural transformers)
- Something that transforms, changing its 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.
- (machine learning) A neural network architecture that relies on self-attention mechanisms.
2021, Lei Chen, Deep Learning and Practice with MindSpore, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 116:Transformer is a deep machine learning model based on the encoder–decoder network architecture and is used primarily in the field of NLP.
2023 January 31, Casey Newton, “Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text”, in The Verge:The transformer helped machine-learning systems improve at a much faster pace, leading directly to last year’s release of ChatGPT and the attendant boom in interest around AI. (Transformers are the “T” in ChatGPT.)
- Alternative letter-case form of Transformer
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Translations
device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity
- Albanian: transformator (sq) m
- Arabic: مُحَوِّل m (muḥawwil)
- Armenian: տրանսֆորմատոր (hy) (transformator), փոխակերպիչ (hy) (pʿoxakerpičʿ)
- Azerbaijani: transformator
- Basque: transformadore (eu)
- Belarusian: трансфарма́тар m (transfarmátar)
- Bengali: ট্রান্সফরমার (ṭranśophromar)
- Bulgarian: трансформа́тор m (transformátor)
- Burmese: လျှပ်တာပြောင်း (hlyapta-praung:), ထရန်စဖော်မာ (hta.ranca.hpauma)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 變壓器/变压器 (zh) (biànyāqì)
- Czech: transformátor (cs) m
- Danish: transformer (da) c, transformator c
- Dutch: transformator (nl) m
- Estonian: transformaator
- Finnish: muuntaja (fi)
- French: transformateur (fr) m
- Georgian: ტრანსფორმატორი (ṭranspormaṭori), გარდამქმნელი (gardamkmneli)
- German: Transformator (de) m
- Greek: μετασχηματιστής (el) m (metaschimatistís)
- Gujarati: ફેરવણું n (pheravṇũ)
- Hebrew: שַׁנַּאי m (shanái), טְרַנְסְפוֹרְמָטוֹר (he) m (transformatór)
- Hindi: ट्रान्सफ़ॉर्मर (ṭrānsafŏrmar), परिणामित्र (pariṇāmitra)
- Hungarian: transzformátor (hu)
- Ido: transformatoro (io)
- Indonesian: transformator (id)
- Italian: trasformatore (it) m
- Japanese: 変圧器 (ja) (へんあつき, hen'atsuki), 変流器 (へんりゅうき, henryūki)
- Kazakh: трансформатор (transformator)
- Khmer: ត្រង់ស្វមម៉ាទ័រ (trɑngsvɑɑmmaatɔə)
- Korean: 변압기(變壓器) (ko) (byeonapgi)
- Kyrgyz: трансформатор (ky) (transformator)
- Lao: ໝໍ້ແບ່ງໄຟ (lo) (mǭ bǣng fai)
- Latvian: transformators m
- Lithuanian: transformatorius m
- Macedonian: трансформа́тор m (transformátor)
- Malay: pengubah
- Maori: whitihiko
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: трансформатор (transformator)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: transformator m, trafo m, omformer m
- Nynorsk: transformator m, trafo m, omformar m
- Persian: ترانسفورماتور (fa) (terânsformâtor)
- Polish: transformator (pl) m
- Portuguese: transformador (pt) m
- Romanian: transformator (ro) n
- Russian: трансформа́тор (ru) m (transformátor)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: трансфо̀рма̄тор m
- Roman: transfòrmātor m
- Slovak: transformátor m
- Slovene: transformator (sl) m
- Spanish: transformador (es) m
- Swahili: transfoma (sw) class 9/10
- Swedish: transformator (sv) c
- Tagalog: palitab
- Tajik: трансформатор (transformator)
- Tatar: трансформатор (transformator)
- Thai: หม้อแปลงไฟ (mɔ̂ɔ-bplɛɛng-fai), หม้อแปลงไฟฟ้า (mɔ̂ɔ-bplɛɛng-fai-fáa)
- Turkish: trafo (tr), transformatör (tr)
- Turkmen: transformator
- Ukrainian: трансформа́тор m (transformátor)
- Urdu: ٹرانْسْفارْمَر (ṭrānsfārmar)
- Uyghur: ترانسفورماتور (transformator)
- Uzbek: transformator (uz)
- Vietnamese: máy biến thế, máy biến áp, biến áp (vi) (abbreviation)
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neural network architecture
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Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation 1
Noun
transformer c (singular definite transformeren, plural indefinite transformere)
- (electrical engineering) transformer
Declension
Declension of transformer
Synonyms
Pronunciation 2
Verb
transformer
- imperative of transformere
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French transformer, borrowed from Latin trānsfōrmāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
transformer
- to transform
Conjugation
infinitive
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simple
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transformer
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compound
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avoir + past participle
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present participle or gerund1
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simple
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transformant /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/
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compound
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ayant + past participle
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past participle
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transformé /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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je (j’)
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tu
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il, elle, on
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nous
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vous
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ils, elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
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transformes /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
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transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
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transformons /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/
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transformez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/
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transforment /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
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imperfect
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transformais /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/
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transformais /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/
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transformait /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/
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transformions /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/
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transformiez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mje/
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transformaient /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/
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past historic2
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transformai /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/
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transformas /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma/
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transforma /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma/
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transformâmes /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mam/
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transformâtes /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mat/
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transformèrent /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛʁ/
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future
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transformerai /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/
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transformeras /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/
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transformera /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/
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transformerons /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
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transformerez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/
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transformeront /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
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conditional
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transformerais /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/
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transformerais /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/
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transformerait /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/
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transformerions /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/
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transformeriez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁje/
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transformeraient /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/
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(compound tenses)
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present perfect
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present indicative of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
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past anterior2
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past historic of avoir + past participle
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future perfect
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future of avoir + past participle
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conditional perfect
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conditional of avoir + past participle
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subjunctive
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que je (j’)
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que tu
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qu’il, qu’elle
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que nous
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que vous
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qu’ils, qu’elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
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transformes /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
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transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
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transformions /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/
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transformiez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mje/
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transforment /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
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imperfect2
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transformasse /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mas/
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transformasses /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mas/
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transformât /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma/
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transformassions /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
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transformassiez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma.sje/
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transformassent /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mas/
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(compound tenses)
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past
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present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect2
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imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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imperative
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–
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tu
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–
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nous
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vous
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–
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simple
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—
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transforme /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
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—
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transformons /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/
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transformez /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/
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—
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compound
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
- past historic → present perfect
- past anterior → pluperfect
- imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
- pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
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Related terms
Further reading
Latin
Verb
trānsfōrmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of trānsfōrmō
Swedish
Noun
transformer
- indefinite plural of transform