different between transformative vs transformer

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin transform?t?vus (“transformative”), from Latin tr?nsf?rm?tus (“transformed”) + -?vus (suffix attached to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming deverbal adjectives meaning ‘doing or related to doing [the verb]’). Tr?nsf?rm?tus is the perfect passive participle of tr?nsf?rm? (“to transform”), from tr?ns- (prefix meaning ‘across; beyond; through’) + f?rm? (“to fashion, form, format, shape”) (from f?rma (“appearance, figure, form, shape”); further etymology unknown, perhaps related to Ancient Greek ????? (morph?, “a form, shape”)). The English word is analysable as transform +? -ative.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tr??ns?f??m?t?v/, /t?æns-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?æns?f??m?t?v/, [-??v]
• Hyphenation: trans?form?a?tive

Adjective

transformative (comparative more transformative, superlative most transformative)

1. That causes transformation.

   Synonyms: transformatory, transmutative

   Antonym: nontransformative
2. (linguistics) Chiefly in transformative-generative: of or relating to a theory of generative grammar in which defined operations called transformations produce new sentences from existing ones; transformational.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• transformational grammar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• transformation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• tformer, t-former (shortening)
• transformator (archaic)

Etymology

transform +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?æns?f??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?æns?f??m?/, /t???ns?f??m?/
• Hyphenation: trans?form?er

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. Alternative letter-case form of Transformer

Derived terms

Related terms

• transform
• transformation

Translations

See also

• metamorphosis
• shape change

Anagrams

• retransform

Danish

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [t???ns?f??m?]

Noun

transformer c (singular definite transformeren, plural indefinite transformere)

1. (electrical engineering) transformer

Declension

Synonyms

• transformator

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [t???nsf??me???]

Verb

transformer

1. imperative of transformere

French

Etymology

From Old French transformer, borrowed from Latin tr?nsf?rm?, tr?nsf?rm?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???s.f??.me/

Verb

transformer

1. to transform

Conjugation

Related terms

• transformation

Further reading

• “transformer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

tr?nsf?rmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tr?nsf?rm?