"chauffeur" meaning in French

See chauffeur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃo.fœʁ/ Audio: Fr-chauffeur.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-chauffeur.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-chauffeur.wav Forms: chauffeurs [plural], chauffeuse [feminine], chauffeure [feminine]
Rhymes: -œʁ Etymology: From chauffer (“to warm up”) + -eur. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|chauffer|-eur|t1=to warm up}} chauffer (“to warm up”) + -eur Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+,chauffeure}} chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, feminine chauffeuse or chauffeure)
  1. (rail transport) stoker; fireman Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chauffeur-fr-noun-GX48p3fP Categories (other): Rail transportation, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -eur Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 91 5 5 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -eur: 73 13 13 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  2. driver Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chauffeur-fr-noun-tN74IXyt Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  3. chauffeur (private driver) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chauffeur-fr-noun-tf0l0Kpb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chauffard

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chauffard"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "xofer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "xòfer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "šofér"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chauffør"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Aukan",
          "lang_code": "djk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "safeli"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
          "lang_code": "jvn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "sopir"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "sopir"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "lang_code": "jv",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "sopir",
          "word": "ꦱꦺꦴꦥꦶꦂ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "lang_code": "fy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "sjauffeur"
        }
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      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "ŝoforo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sofőr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "lang_code": "lad",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "shofer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "lang_code": "lad",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "shofor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "šoferis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lingala",
      "lang_code": "ln",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sofɛ́lɛ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "šoferis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Moroccan Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ary",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "شيفور"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sjåfør"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šufer",
      "word": "شوفر"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "szofer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chofer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "șofer"
    },
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        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "šofer",
          "word": "շոֆեր"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "hy",
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            "borrowed"
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          "roman": "šofeṙ",
          "word": "շոֆեռ"
        },
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          "lang_code": "hy",
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            "borrowed",
            "Western Armenian"
          ],
          "roman": "šofēōr",
          "word": "շոֆէօր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "şofer"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "شوفر"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "shopur"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "shopur",
          "word": "شوپۇر"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šofjór",
      "word": "шофёр"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "hy",
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        },
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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          "word": "շոֆեռ"
        },
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          "lang_code": "hy",
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            "borrowed",
            "Western Armenian"
          ],
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          "word": "շոֆէօր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "şofer"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "شوفر"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "shopur"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "shopur",
          "word": "شوپۇر"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "pre-1918 spelling"
      ],
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      "word": "шофёръ"
    },
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        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "šofer",
          "word": "շոֆեր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "šofeṙ",
          "word": "շոֆեռ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "Western Armenian"
          ],
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          "word": "շոֆէօր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "şofer"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "شوفر"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "shopur"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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          "word": "شوپۇر"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "Russian spellings with е instead of ё"
      ],
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          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
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          "word": "շոֆեր"
        },
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
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          ],
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          "word": "շոֆեռ"
        },
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          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "Western Armenian"
          ],
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          "word": "շոֆէօր"
        },
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "şofer"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "شوفر"
        },
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          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        {
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          "lang_code": "ug",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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          "word": "شوپۇر"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "non-standard",
        "considered uneducated"
      ],
      "roman": "šófer",
      "word": "шо́фер"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "шо̀фе̄р m"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chofer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chaufför"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "choo-fə̂ə",
      "word": "โชเฟอร์"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "şoför"
    }
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        "2": "chauffer",
        "3": "-eur",
        "t1": "to warm up"
      },
      "expansion": "chauffer (“to warm up”) + -eur",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From chauffer (“to warm up”) + -eur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chauffeurs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauffeuse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauffeure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "stoker; fireman"
      ],
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        ],
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          "stoker",
          "stoker"
        ],
        [
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          "fireman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) stoker; fireman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
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          "name": "French terms with collocations",
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              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "taxi driver",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "chauffeur de taxi",
          "translation": "taxi driver",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "driver"
      ],
      "id": "en-chauffeur-fr-noun-tN74IXyt",
      "links": [
        [
          "driver",
          "driver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "chauffeur (private driver)"
      ],
      "id": "en-chauffeur-fr-noun-tf0l0Kpb",
      "links": [
        [
          "chauffeur",
          "chauffeur#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʃo.fœʁ/"
    },
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    },
    {
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  ],
  "word": "chauffeur"
}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms suffixed with -eur",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/œʁ"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "chauffard"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "xofer"
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    {
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    {
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      "word": "šofér"
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    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chauffør"
    },
    {
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        {
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            "borrowed"
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          "word": "sopir"
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            "borrowed"
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          "word": "sopir"
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        {
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "lang_code": "jv",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "sopir",
          "word": "ꦱꦺꦴꦥꦶꦂ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "lang_code": "fy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "sjauffeur"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "ŝoforo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sofőr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "lang_code": "lad",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "shofer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "lang_code": "lad",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "shofor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "šoferis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lingala",
      "lang_code": "ln",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sofɛ́lɛ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "šoferis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Moroccan Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ary",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "شيفور"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sjåfør"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šufer",
      "word": "شوفر"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "szofer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chofer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "șofer"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "šofer",
          "word": "շոֆեր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "šofeṙ",
          "word": "շոֆեռ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "Western Armenian"
          ],
          "roman": "šofēōr",
          "word": "շոֆէօր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "şofer"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "شوفر"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "shopur"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "shopur",
          "word": "شوپۇر"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šofjór",
      "word": "шофёр"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "šofer",
          "word": "շոֆեր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "šofeṙ",
          "word": "շոֆեռ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "Western Armenian"
          ],
          "roman": "šofēōr",
          "word": "շոֆէօր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "şofer"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "شوفر"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "shopur"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "shopur",
          "word": "شوپۇر"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "pre-1918 spelling"
      ],
      "roman": "šofjór",
      "word": "шофёръ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "šofer",
          "word": "շոֆեր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
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          "word": "շոֆեռ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "Western Armenian"
          ],
          "roman": "šofēōr",
          "word": "շոֆէօր"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "şofer"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "شوفر"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "shopur"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "shopur",
          "word": "شوپۇر"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "borrowed",
        "Russian spellings with е instead of ё"
      ],
      "roman": "šofjór",
      "word": "шофер"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
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          "word": "շոֆեր"
        },
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          "word": "շոֆէօր"
        },
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          ],
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "shopur"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "shopur",
          "word": "شوپۇر"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "non-standard",
        "considered uneducated"
      ],
      "roman": "šófer",
      "word": "шо́фер"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "шо̀фе̄р m"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chofer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chaufför"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "choo-fə̂ə",
      "word": "โชเฟอร์"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "şoför"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "chauffer",
        "3": "-eur",
        "t1": "to warm up"
      },
      "expansion": "chauffer (“to warm up”) + -eur",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From chauffer (“to warm up”) + -eur.",
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    {
      "form": "chauffeurs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauffeuse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauffeure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "f": "+,chauffeure"
      },
      "expansion": "chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, feminine chauffeuse or chauffeure)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "fr:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stoker; fireman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "stoker",
          "stoker"
        ],
        [
          "fireman",
          "fireman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) stoker; fireman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "taxi driver",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "chauffeur de taxi",
          "translation": "taxi driver",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "driver"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "driver",
          "driver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chauffeur (private driver)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chauffeur",
          "chauffeur#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʃo.fœʁ/"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-chauffeur.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-chauffeur.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-chauffeur.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-chauffeur.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-chauffeur.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-œʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chauffeur"
}

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