réformer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reformāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.fɔʁ.me/
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Verb
réformer
- to reform (put into a new form)
- to reform (improve, make better)
- to declare unfit for military service
Conjugation
Conjugation of réformer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | réformer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | réformant /ʁe.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | réformé /ʁe.fɔʁ.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | réforme /ʁe.fɔʁm/ |
réformes /ʁe.fɔʁm/ |
réforme /ʁe.fɔʁm/ |
réformons /ʁe.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
réformez /ʁe.fɔʁ.me/ |
réforment /ʁe.fɔʁm/ |
| imperfect | réformais /ʁe.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
réformais /ʁe.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
réformait /ʁe.fɔʁ.mɛ/ |
réformions /ʁe.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
réformiez /ʁe.fɔʁ.mje/ |
réformaient /ʁe.fɔʁ.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | réformai /ʁe.fɔʁ.me/ |
réformas /ʁe.fɔʁ.ma/ |
réforma /ʁe.fɔʁ.ma/ |
réformâmes /ʁe.fɔʁ.mam/ |
réformâtes /ʁe.fɔʁ.mat/ |
réformèrent /ʁe.fɔʁ.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | réformerai /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
réformeras /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
réformera /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
réformerons /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
réformerez /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
réformeront /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | réformerais /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
réformerais /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
réformerait /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
réformerions /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
réformeriez /ʁe.fɔʁ.mə.ʁje/ |
réformeraient /ʁe.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 | réforme /ʁe.fɔʁm/ |
réformes /ʁe.fɔʁm/ |
réforme /ʁe.fɔʁm/ |
réformions /ʁe.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
réformiez /ʁe.fɔʁ.mje/ |
réforment /ʁe.fɔʁm/ |
| imperfect2 | réformasse /ʁe.fɔʁ.mas/ |
réformasses /ʁe.fɔʁ.mas/ |
réformât /ʁe.fɔʁ.ma/ |
réformassions /ʁe.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
réformassiez /ʁe.fɔʁ.ma.sje/ |
réformassent /ʁe.fɔʁ.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | réforme /ʁe.fɔʁm/ |
— | réformons /ʁe.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
réformez /ʁe.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “réformer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.