reform

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• General-American: /ɹɪˈfɔɹm/
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• General-American: /ɹəˈfɔɹm/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfɔːm/
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• General-American: /ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/
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From Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: reformë — amendment
• Arabic: إِصْلَاح (ʔiṣlāḥ) — amendment
• Armenian: բարեփոխում (barepʻoxum) — amendment
• Armenian: ռեֆորմ (ṙeform) — amendment
• Azerbaijani: islah — amendment
• Azerbaijani: islahat — amendment
• Azerbaijani: reforma — amendment
• Belarusian: рэфо́рма (refórma) — amendment
• Bengali: সংশোধন (śoṅśōdhon) — amendment
• Bulgarian: рефо́рма (refórma) — amendment
• Catalan: reforma — amendment
• Chinese Cantonese: 改革 (goi2 gaak3) — amendment
• Chinese: 改革 (zh-min-nan) — amendment
• Chinese Mandarin: 改革 (gǎigé) — amendment
• Cornish: amendyans — amendment
• Czech: reforma — amendment
• Danish: reform — amendment
• Dutch: reform — amendment
• Esperanto: reformo — amendment
• Estonian: reform — amendment
• Finnish: uudistus — amendment
• Finnish: reformi — amendment
• French: réforme — amendment
• Galician: reforma — amendment
• Georgian: რეფორმა (reporma) — amendment
• German: Reform — amendment
• Greek: μεταρρύθμιση (metarrýthmisi) — amendment
• Greek: αναμόρφωση (anamórfosi) — amendment
• Hebrew: רֶפוֹרְמָה (refórma) — amendment
• Hindi: सुधार (sudhār) — amendment
• Hindi: रिफ़ार्म (rifārm) — amendment
• Hindi: इस्लाह (islāh) — amendment
• Hungarian: reform — amendment
• Icelandic: endurbót — amendment
• Irish: leasú — amendment
• Italian: riforma — amendment
• Japanese: 改革 (kaikaku) — amendment
• Kazakh: реформа (reforma) — amendment
• Khmer: ការកែទំរង់ (kaa kae tumrŭəng) — amendment
• Korean: 개혁 (gaehyeok) — amendment
• Northern Kurdish: reform — amendment
• Northern Kurdish: islah — amendment
• Northern Kurdish: nûsazî — amendment
• Kyrgyz: реформа (reforma) — amendment
• Kyrgyz: ыслат (ıslat) — amendment
• Lao: ການປະຕິຮູບ (kān pa ti hūp) — amendment
• Latin: refōrma — amendment
• Latin: reformātiō — amendment
• Latvian: reforma — amendment
• Lithuanian: reforma — amendment
• Macedonian: рефо́рма (refórma) — amendment
• Malay: pembaharuan — amendment
• Malay: reformasi — amendment
• Malayalam: പുനർരൂപീകരണം (punaṟrūpīkaraṇaṁ) — amendment
• Malayalam: പരിഷ്ക്കാരം (pariṣkkāraṁ) — amendment
• Mongolian: шинэчлэл (šinečlel) — amendment
• Norman: r'forme — amendment
• Norwegian Bokmål: reform — amendment
• Occitan: reforma — amendment
• Pashto: اصلاح (eslãh) — amendment
• Pashto: رفورم (refórm) — amendment
• Pashto: رېفورم (rifórǝm) — amendment
• Iranian Persian: اِصْلاح (eslâh) — amendment
• Iranian Persian: اِصْلاحات (eslâhât) — amendment
• Iranian Persian: رِفُرْم (reform) — amendment
• Polish: reforma — amendment
• Portuguese: reforma — amendment
• Romanian: reformă — amendment
• Russian: рефо́рма (refórma) — amendment
• Russian: преобразова́ние (preobrazovánije) — amendment
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-leasachadh — amendment
• Serbo-Croatian: рѐфо̄рма — amendment
• Serbo-Croatian: rèfōrma — amendment
• Slovak: reforma — amendment
• Slovene: reforma — amendment
• Spanish: reforma — amendment
• Swedish: reform — amendment
• Tagalog: mulinyo — amendment
• Tagalog: reporma — amendment
• Tajik: ислоҳ (isloh) — amendment
• Tajik: ислоҳот (islohot) — amendment
• Tajik: реформа (reforma) — amendment
• Tamil: சீர்திருத்தம் (cīrtiruttam) — amendment
• Thai: การปฏิรูป (gaan-bpà-dtì-rûup) — amendment
• Thai: การปรับปรุง (gaan-bpràp-bprung) — amendment
• Turkish: reform — amendment
• Turkish: devrim — amendment
• Turkish: inkılap — amendment
• Turkmen: reforma — amendment
• Ukrainian: рефо́рма (refórma) — amendment
• Urdu: اِصْلاح (islāh) — amendment
• Uyghur: ئىسلاھات (islahat) — amendment
• Uzbek: isloh — amendment
• Uzbek: islohot — amendment
• Uzbek: reforma — amendment
• Vietnamese: cải cách — amendment
• Volapük: votastid — amendment
• Yiddish: רעפֿאָרם (reform) — amendment
• Māori: Riwhōma — Translations
• Belarusian: рэфармава́ць (refarmavácʹ) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Bulgarian: обновявам (obnovjavam) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Bulgarian: реформирам (reformiram) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Burmese: ပြုပြင် (pru.prang) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Catalan: reformar — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 改革 (gǎigé) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Finnish: uudistaa — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• French: réformer — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Galician: reformar — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• German: reformieren — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Irish: leasaigh — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Italian: riformare — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Italian: migliorare — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Khmer: កែទំរង់ (kae tumrŭəng) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Lao: ປະຕິຮູບ (pa ti hūp) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Latin: ēmendō — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Middle English: reformen — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Mongolian: шинэчлэх (šinečlex) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Occitan: reformar — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Polish: reformować — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Polish: zreformować — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Portuguese: reformar — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Russian: реформи́ровать (reformírovatʹ) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-leasaich — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Serbo-Croatian: реформи́рaти — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Serbo-Croatian: reformírati — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Spanish: reformar — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Swedish: reformera — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Thai: ปฏิรูป (bpà-dtì-rûup) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Tibetan: ལེགས་བཅོས་གཏོང (legs bcos gtong) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Turkish: yenileştirmek — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Turkish: ıslah etmek — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Turkish: reforme etmek — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Ukrainian: реформува́ти (reformuváty) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Uzbek: isloh qilmoq — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Vietnamese: cải cách — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Volapük: votastidön — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Yiddish: רעפֿאָרמירן (reformirn) — to put into a new and improved form or condition
• Bulgarian: поправям (popravjam) — to return to a good state
• Finnish: uudistua — to return to a good state
• Finnish: parantua — to return to a good state
• Irish: leasaigh — to return to a good state
• Italian: correggere — to return to a good state
• Italian: ravvedersi — to return to a good state
• Italian: reintegrarsi — to return to a good state
• Middle English: reformen — to return to a good state
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-leasaich — to return to a good state
• Serbo-Croatian: реформи́рaти — to return to a good state
• Serbo-Croatian: reformírati — to return to a good state
• Spanish: reformar — to return to a good state
• Swedish: reformera — to return to a good state
• Turkish: ıslah etmek — to return to a good state
• Turkish: düzeltmek — to return to a good state