transformer

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See also: Transformer

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Etymology

transform +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

transformer (plural transformers)

  1. Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.)
  4. Alternative letter-case form of Transformer

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Danish

Pronunciation 1

Noun

transformer c (singular definite transformeren, plural indefinite transformere)

  1. (electrical engineering) transformer
Declension
Declension of transformer
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative transformer transformeren transformere transformerne
genitive transformers transformerens transformeres transformernes
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Pronunciation 2

Verb

transformer

  1. imperative of transformere

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French transformer, borrowed from Latin trānsfōrmāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

transformer

  1. to transform

Conjugation

Conjugation of transformer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple transformer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple transformant
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle transformé
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present transforme
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ 		transformes
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ 		transforme
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ 		transformons
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ 		transformez
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/ 		transforment
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
imperfect transformais
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/ 		transformais
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/ 		transformait
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/ 		transformions
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ 		transformiez
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mje/ 		transformaient
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛ/
past historic2 transformai
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/ 		transformas
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma/ 		transforma
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma/ 		transformâmes
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mam/ 		transformâtes
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mat/ 		transformèrent
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɛʁ/
future transformerai
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/ 		transformeras
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/ 		transformera
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/ 		transformerons
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ 		transformerez
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/ 		transformeront
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional transformerais
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		transformerais
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		transformerait
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		transformerions
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		transformeriez
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mə.ʁje/ 		transformeraient
/tʁɑ̃s.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 transforme
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ 		transformes
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ 		transforme
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ 		transformions
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ 		transformiez
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mje/ 		transforment
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/
imperfect2 transformasse
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mas/ 		transformasses
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mas/ 		transformât
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma/ 		transformassions
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		transformassiez
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma.sje/ 		transformassent
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — transforme
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁm/ 		— transformons
/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ 		transformez
/tʁɑ̃s.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 usable only with the preposition en.
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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Latin

Verb

trānsfōrmer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of trānsfōrmō

Swedish

Noun

transformer

  1. indefinite plural of transform
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