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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestransformateur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma.tœʁ
"Le transformateur électrique alimente tout le quartier."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An apparatus for reducing or increasing the voltage of an alternating current.
"The neighborhood lost power when a lightning strike damaged the electrical transformer." - 2
A deep learning neural network architecture based on self-attention mechanisms, widely used in natural language processing.
"Modern large language models are built entirely upon the transformer architecture."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English verb transform, originating from the Middle French transformer, which stems from the Latin transformare (trans- 'across, beyond' + formare 'to form'). The suffix -er indicates an agent or device that performs the action, evolving significantly in the 19th century with electrical engineering and again in the 21st century with artificial intelligence neural networks.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Transformer" is said worldwide
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transformateur
Transliteration: tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.ma.tœʁ
"Le transformateur électrique alimente tout le quartier."
Transformator
Transliteration: tʁansfɔʁmaˈtoːɐ̯
"Der Transformator wandelt die Spannung des elektrischen Stroms um."
trasformatore
Transliteration: tras.for.maˈto.re
"Il trasformatore regola il flusso di energia elettrica."
transformador
Transliteration: tɾans.foɾ.maˈðoɾ
"Un transformador se encarga de cambiar el nivel de voltaje."
transformador
Transliteration: tɾɐ̃s.fuɾ.maˈdoɾ
"O transformador é essencial para a distribuição de energia."
ट्रांसफॉर्मर
Transliteration: transphormar
"बिजली के काम के लिए एक नया ट्रांसफॉर्मर लगाया गया है।"
变压器
Transliteration: biàn yā qì
"这个变压器负责降低输电线路的电压。"
변압기
Transliteration: byeon-ap-gi
"변압기에 문제가 생겨 정전이 발생했습니다."
変圧器
Transliteration: henatsuki
"変圧器の故障で電気が止まりました。"
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