transformer
See also: Transformer
English
Alternative forms
- tformer, t-former (shortening)
- transformator (archaic)
Etymology
transform + -er
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈfɔɹmɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈfɔːmə/, /tɹɑːnsˈfɔːmə/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: trans‧form‧er
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.)
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- Alternative letter-case form of Transformer
Derived terms
- autotransformer
- isolation transformer
- Transformer
- transformerless
- transformerlike
Related terms
- transform
- transformation
Translations
something that transforms
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device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity
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See also
- metamorphosis
- shape change
Anagrams
- retransform
Danish
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): [tʁ̥ɑnsˈfɒːmɐ]
Noun
transformer c (singular definite transformeren, plural indefinite transformere)
- (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 |
Synonyms
- transformator
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): [tʁ̥ɑnsfɒˈmeɐ̯ˀ]
Verb
transformer
- imperative of transformere
French
Etymology
From Old French transformer, borrowed from Latin trānsfōrmō, trānsfōrmāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/
Audio (file)
Verb
transformer
- 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- transformation
Further reading
- “transformer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
trānsfōrmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of trānsfōrmō