réformer
French, verb
réformer is a French verb meaning “to reform (put into a new form)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, reformer is a different word: “to reform, to get/put back together”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rétablir dans l’ancienne forme ; donner une meilleure forme à une chose ; la corriger, la rectifier, soit en…”.
What does réformer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reform (put into a new form)
- 2
to reform (improve, make better)
- 3
to declare unfit for military service
verb
- 1
to reform, to get/put back together
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Former de nouveau. 2. Se rallier et reprendre son ordre.
verb: 1. Rétablir dans l’ancienne forme ; donner une meilleure forme à une chose ; la corriger, la rectifier, soit en ajoutant, soit en retranchant. 2. Corriger, changer en bien ou en mieux. 3. Retrancher ce qui est nuisible ou en excès. 4. Diminuer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of réformer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- reformant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- reformé participle past
- reforme first-person indicative present
- reformes indicative present second-person
- reformons first-person indicative plural
- reformez indicative plural present
- reforment indicative plural present
- reformais first-person imperfect indicative
- reformait imperfect indicative singular
- reformions first-person imperfect indicative
- reformiez imperfect indicative plural
- reformaient imperfect indicative plural
- reformai first-person historic indicative
- reformas historic indicative past
- reforma historic indicative past
- reformâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to réformer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is réformer in French?
réformer appears 5.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).