reform
English
/ɹɪˈfɔɹm/, /ɹɪˈfɔːm/
noun
Definitions
- The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French reformer derived from Latin reformo, reformare derived from French réforme (reform).
Origin
French
réforme
Gloss
reform
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Reformer English
- antireform English
- antireformer English
- antireformism English
- antireformist English
- counterreform English
- counterreformer English
- irreformable English
- misreform English
- nonreform English
- nonreformable English
- postreform English
- proreform English
- pseudoreform English
- reformability English
- reformable English
- reformate English
- reformee English
- reformer English
- reformeress English
- reformest English
- reformeth English
- reformism English
- reformist English
- rereform English
- unreformability English
- unreformable English
- reformo, reformare Latin
- refōrmō Latin
- Lebensreform German
- Rechtschreibreform German
- Reform German
- Steuerreform German
- reform Hungarian
- reformok Hungarian
- reformon Hungarian
- réforme French
- réformer French
- réformisme French
- réformiste French
- reformar Spanish, Castilian
- reform Norwegian Bokmål
- reformar Portuguese
- reform Norwegian Nynorsk
- reformer Old French
- reformar Catalan, Valencian
- การปฏิรูป Thai
- ปฏิ Thai
- ปฏิรูป Thai
- รูป Thai
- reporma Cebuano
- reform Turkish
- reformer Middle French
- paṭirupa Pali
- rifom Tok Pisin
- refòm Haitian, Haitian Creole
- reforma Crimean Tatar
- Reformer
- rereform
- reformer
- reformee
- proreform
- reformate
- misreform
- reformeth
- reformest
- nonreform
- reformist
- reformism
- reformable
- postreform
- antireform
- reformeress
- pseudoreform
- irreformable
- antireformer
- unreformable
- nonreformable
- reformability
- antireformist
- antireformism
- counterreform
- counterreformer
- unreformability