"chauffeur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɒˈfɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃəʊfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃoʊˈfɝ/ [General-American], /ˈʃoʊfɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-chauffeur.ogg [US] Forms: chauffeurs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French chauffeur. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chauffeur}} French chauffeur Head templates: {{en-noun}} chauffeur (plural chauffeurs)
  1. A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine). Categories (topical): Occupations, People Hypernyms (both senses): driver Translations (person employed to drive a motor car): shofer [masculine] (Albanian), سائِق (sāʔiq) [masculine] (Arabic), سَوَّاق (sawwāg) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ավտովարորդ (avtovarord) (Armenian), shufer [masculine] (Aromanian), sürücü (Azerbaijani), şofer (Azerbaijani), шафёр (šafjór) [masculine] (Belarusian), кіро́ўца (kiróŭca) [masculine] (Belarusian), вадзі́цель (vadzícjelʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), шофьо́р (šofjór) [masculine] (Bulgarian), xofer [masculine] (Catalan), xòfer [masculine] (Catalan), 司機 (Chinese Mandarin), 司机 (sījī) (Chinese Mandarin), šofér [masculine] (Czech), řidič [masculine] (Czech), chauffør [common-gender] (Danish), privéchauffeur [masculine] (Dutch), ŝoforo (Esperanto), ŝoforino [feminine] (Esperanto), autojuht (Estonian), bilstjóri [masculine] (Faroese), bilførari [masculine] (Faroese), sjaførur [colloquial, masculine] (Faroese), autonkuljettaja (Finnish), kuljettaja (Finnish), sofööri (Finnish), safööri (Finnish), chauffeur [masculine] (French), chauffeuse [feminine] (French), chofer [masculine] (Galician), მძღოლი (mʒɣoli) (Georgian), Chauffeur [masculine] (German), Chauffeurin [feminine] (German), Chauffeuse [Swiss-German, feminine] (German), Berufschauffeur [masculine] (German), Berufschauffeurin [feminine] (German), Schofför [masculine, obsolete] (German), Schofförin [feminine, obsolete] (German), sofőr (Hungarian), deriba (Iban), bílstjóri [masculine] (Icelandic), einkabílstjóri [masculine] (Icelandic), motoristo (Ido), supir (Indonesian), sopir (Indonesian), chauffeur [masculine] (Italian), autista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 運転手 (untenshu) (alt: うんてんしゅ) (Japanese), шопыр (şopyr) (Kazakh), жүргізуші (jürgızuşı) (Kazakh), 운전사 (unjeonsa) (alt: 運轉士) (Korean), 기사 (gisa) (alt: 技士) (Korean), шофёр (şofyor) (Kyrgyz), vadītājs [masculine] (Latvian), šoferis [masculine] (Latvian), vairuotojas [masculine] (Lithuanian), šoferis [masculine] (Lithuanian), çofœr (Lombard), autista (Lombard), шо́фер (šófer) [masculine] (Macedonian), во́зач (vózač) [masculine] (Macedonian), pemandu (Malay), drebar (Malay), supir (Malay), xufier [masculine] (Maltese), xufiera [feminine] (Maltese), sjåfør [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjåfør [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), chòfer (Occitan), chofer (Occitan), شوفر (šofer) (Persian), szofer [masculine] (Polish), szoferka [feminine] (Polish), motorista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), chofer [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), șofer [masculine] (Romanian), шофёр (šofjór) [masculine] (Russian), персона́льный води́тель (personálʹnyj vodítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), води́тель (vodítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), води́тельница (vodítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), возач [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), возачица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vòzāč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vozàčica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), රියදුරා (riyadurā) (Sinhalese), šofér [masculine] (Slovak), vodič [masculine] (Slovak), šofer [masculine] (Slovene), voznik [masculine] (Slovene), chófer [masculine] (Spanish), chofer [masculine] (Spanish), chaufför [common-gender] (Swedish), шофёр (šofyor) (Tajik), คนขับ (kon-kàp) (Thai), şoför (Turkish), sürücü (Turkish), şofýor (Turkmen), шофе́р (šofér) [masculine] (Ukrainian), во́дій (vódij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), shofyor (Uzbek), tài xế (Vietnamese), joför (Volapük), hijoför [masculine] (Volapük), jijoför [feminine] (Volapük), שאָפֿער (shofer) [masculine] (Yiddish), שאָפֿערשע (shofershe) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-chauffeur-en-noun-uCk9yGq- Disambiguation of Occupations: 50 28 3 18 Disambiguation of People: 89 5 2 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 44 3 38 Disambiguation of 'both senses': 56 44 Disambiguation of 'person employed to drive a motor car': 98 2
  2. (firefighting) The driver of a fire truck. Categories (topical): Firefighting
    Sense id: en-chauffeur-en-noun-qvjoj5Tr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 44 3 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 43 3 35 Topics: firefighting, government
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chauffeur driver [synonym], chauffeuress, chauffeurless, chauffeurship

Verb

IPA: /ʃɒˈfɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃəʊfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃoʊˈfɝ/ [General-American], /ˈʃoʊfɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-chauffeur.ogg [US] Forms: chauffeurs [present, singular, third-person], chauffeuring [participle, present], chauffeured [participle, past], chauffeured [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French chauffeur. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chauffeur}} French chauffeur Head templates: {{en-verb}} chauffeur (third-person singular simple present chauffeurs, present participle chauffeuring, simple past and past participle chauffeured)
  1. (intransitive) To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car). Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: to be, or act as a chauffeur): ajaa (Finnish), chauffieren (German)
    Sense id: en-chauffeur-en-verb-RHb-PjEO Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to be, or act as a chauffeur': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle. Tags: transitive Synonyms: transport, bring, shuttle
    Sense id: en-chauffeur-en-verb-rzcxBFpN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 44 3 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (transitive: to transport someone in a motor car): kuljettaa (Finnish), ajaa (Finnish), kyyditä (Finnish), chauffieren (German), herumfahren [colloquial] (German)
Disambiguation of 'transitive: to transport someone in a motor car': 45 55

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          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "autojuht"
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          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "bilførari"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "autonkuljettaja"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "kuljettaja"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "sofööri"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "safööri"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chauffeur"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "chauffeuse"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chofer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mʒɣoli",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "მძღოლი"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Chauffeur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Chauffeurin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Chauffeuse"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Berufschauffeur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Berufschauffeurin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Schofför"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
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            "obsolete"
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          "word": "Schofförin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "sofőr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "iba",
          "lang": "Iban",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "deriba"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bílstjóri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "einkabílstjóri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "motoristo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "supir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "sopir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chauffeur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "うんてんしゅ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "untenshu",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "運転手"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şopyr",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "шопыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jürgızuşı",
          "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
          "word": "жүргізуші"
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 3, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
          "text": "He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, 2:40 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.",
          "text": "Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis\nWhen I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this\n50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa\nGot two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ],
        [
          "motor car",
          "motor car"
        ],
        [
          "executive",
          "executive"
        ],
        [
          "luxury",
          "luxury"
        ],
        [
          "limousine",
          "limousine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Firefighting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The driver of a fire truck."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firefighting",
          "firefighting"
        ],
        [
          "driver",
          "driver"
        ],
        [
          "fire truck",
          "fire truck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firefighting) The driver of a fire truck."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "firefighting",
        "government"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɒˈfɜː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃəʊfə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃoʊˈfɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃoʊfɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "shofar (some pronunciations of both words)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-chauffeur.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/En-us-chauffeur.ogg/En-us-chauffeur.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/En-us-chauffeur.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "shofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sāʔiq",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سائِق"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sawwāg",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَوَّاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "avtovarord",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "ավտովարորդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "shufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "sürücü"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "şofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šafjór",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шафёр"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kiróŭca",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кіро́ўца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vadzícjelʹ",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вадзі́цель"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šofjór",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шофьо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xòfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "司機"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sījī",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "司机"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šofér"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "řidič"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "chauffør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "privéchauffeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "ŝoforo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ŝoforino"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "autojuht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bilstjóri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bilførari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjaførur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "autonkuljettaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "kuljettaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "sofööri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "safööri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mʒɣoli",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "მძღოლი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chauffeurin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "Swiss-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chauffeuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Berufschauffeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Berufschauffeurin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Schofför"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Schofförin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "sofőr"
    },
    {
      "code": "iba",
      "lang": "Iban",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "deriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bílstjóri"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "einkabílstjóri"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "motoristo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "supir"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "sopir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autista"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うんてんしゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "untenshu",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "運転手"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şopyr",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "шопыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jürgızuşı",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "жүргізуші"
    },
    {
      "alt": "運轉士",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "unjeonsa",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "운전사"
    },
    {
      "alt": "技士",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gisa",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "기사"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "şofyor",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "шофёр"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vadītājs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šoferis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vairuotojas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šoferis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "çofœr"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "autista"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šófer",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шо́фер"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vózač",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́зач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "pemandu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "drebar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "supir"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xufier"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xufiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjåfør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjåfør"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "chòfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "chofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šofer",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "شوفر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szoferka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motorista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "șofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šofjór",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шофёр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "personálʹnyj vodítelʹ",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "персона́льный води́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vodítelʹ",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "води́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vodítelʹnica",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "води́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "возач"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "возачица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vòzāč"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vozàčica"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "riyadurā",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "රියදුරා"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šofér"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vodič"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chófer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chofer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "chaufför"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šofyor",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "шофёр"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kon-kàp",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "คนขับ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "şoför"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "sürücü"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "şofýor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šofér",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шофе́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vódij",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́дій"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "shofyor"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "tài xế"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "word": "joför"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hijoför"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jijoför"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shofer",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שאָפֿער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shofershe",
      "sense": "person employed to drive a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שאָפֿערשע"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "chauffeur"
  ],
  "word": "chauffeur"
}

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    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/2 syllables",
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  ],
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      "form": "chauffeurs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chauffeuring",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chauffeured",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car)."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transport",
          "transport"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "transport"
        },
        {
          "word": "bring"
        },
        {
          "word": "shuttle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɒˈfɜː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃəʊfə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃoʊˈfɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃoʊfɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "shofar (some pronunciations of both words)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-chauffeur.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/En-us-chauffeur.ogg/En-us-chauffeur.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/En-us-chauffeur.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be, or act as a chauffeur",
      "word": "ajaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be, or act as a chauffeur",
      "word": "chauffieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive: to transport someone in a motor car",
      "word": "kuljettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive: to transport someone in a motor car",
      "word": "ajaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive: to transport someone in a motor car",
      "word": "kyyditä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to transport someone in a motor car",
      "word": "chauffieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to transport someone in a motor car",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "herumfahren"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "chauffeur"
  ],
  "word": "chauffeur"
}

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