"chauffeur" meaning in French

See chauffeur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃo.fœʁ/ Audio: Fr-chauffeur.ogg 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=+|f2=chauffeure}} chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, feminine chauffeuse or chauffeure)
  1. (rail transport) stoker; fireman Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-chauffeur-fr-noun-GX48p3fP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -eur Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 94 3 3 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -eur: 80 10 10 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  2. driver Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chauffeur-fr-noun-tN74IXyt
  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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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chauffard"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "xofer",
            "3": "xòfer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: xofer, xòfer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: xofer, xòfer"
    },
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "šofér",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: šofér",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: šofér"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "chauffør",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: chauffør",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: chauffør"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "chauffeur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: chauffeur\n→ Aukan: safeli\n→ Caribbean Javanese: sopir\n→ Indonesian: sopir\n→ Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦥꦶꦂ (sopir)\n→ West Frisian: sjauffeur",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: chauffeur\n→ Aukan: safeli\n→ Caribbean Javanese: sopir\n→ Indonesian: sopir\n→ Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦥꦶꦂ (sopir)\n→ West Frisian: sjauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "chauffeur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: chauffeur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "ŝoforo",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Esperanto: ŝoforo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Esperanto: ŝoforo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Chauffeur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Chauffeur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "sofőr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: sofőr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: sofőr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "chauffeur",
            "bor": "1",
            "q": "New Caledonian"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: (New Caledonian) chauffeur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: (New Caledonian) chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "shofer",
            "3": "shofor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ladino: shofer, shofor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ladino: shofer, shofor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "sofɛ́lɛ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: sofɛ́lɛ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: sofɛ́lɛ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ary",
            "2": "شيفور",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Moroccan Arabic: شيفور",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Moroccan Arabic: شيفور"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "sjåfør",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: sjåfør",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: sjåfør"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "شوفر",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "šufer"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: شوفر (šufer)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: شوفر (šufer)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "szofer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: szofer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: szofer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "chofer",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: chofer, chauffeur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: chofer, chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "șofer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: șofer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: șofer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "шофёр",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: шофёр (šofjór)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: шофёр (šofjór)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "шофер",
            "alt": "шо̀фе̄р m",
            "bor": "1",
            "sc": "Cyrl"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: шо̀фе̄р m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: шо̀фе̄р m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "chofer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: chofer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: chofer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "chaufför",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: chaufför",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: chaufför"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "โชเฟอร์",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: โชเฟอร์ (choo-fə̂ə)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: โชเฟอร์ (choo-fə̂ə)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "şoför",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: şoför",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: 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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chauffeurs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauffeuse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauffeure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+",
        "f2": "chauffeure"
      },
      "expansion": "chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, feminine chauffeuse or chauffeure)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "fr:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms suffixed with -eur",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stoker; fireman"
      ],
      "id": "en-chauffeur-fr-noun-GX48p3fP",
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "stoker",
          "stoker"
        ],
        [
          "fireman",
          "fireman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) stoker; fireman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "taxi driver",
          "text": "chauffeur de taxi",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "driver"
      ],
      "id": "en-chauffeur-fr-noun-tN74IXyt",
      "links": [
        [
          "driver",
          "driver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chauffeur (private driver)"
      ],
      "id": "en-chauffeur-fr-noun-tf0l0Kpb",
      "links": [
        [
          "chauffeur",
          "chauffeur#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃo.fœʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-chauffeur.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/Fr-chauffeur.ogg/Fr-chauffeur.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Fr-chauffeur.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-œʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chauffeur"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "French terms suffixed with -eur",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/œʁ"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "chauffard"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "xofer",
            "3": "xòfer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: xofer, xòfer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: xofer, xòfer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "šofér",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: šofér",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: šofér"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "chauffør",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: chauffør",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: chauffør"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "chauffeur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: chauffeur\n→ Aukan: safeli\n→ Caribbean Javanese: sopir\n→ Indonesian: sopir\n→ Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦥꦶꦂ (sopir)\n→ West Frisian: sjauffeur",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: chauffeur\n→ Aukan: safeli\n→ Caribbean Javanese: sopir\n→ Indonesian: sopir\n→ Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦥꦶꦂ (sopir)\n→ West Frisian: sjauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "chauffeur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: chauffeur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "ŝoforo",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Esperanto: ŝoforo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Esperanto: ŝoforo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Chauffeur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Chauffeur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "sofőr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: sofőr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: sofőr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "chauffeur",
            "bor": "1",
            "q": "New Caledonian"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: (New Caledonian) chauffeur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: (New Caledonian) chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "shofer",
            "3": "shofor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ladino: shofer, shofor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ladino: shofer, shofor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "sofɛ́lɛ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: sofɛ́lɛ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: sofɛ́lɛ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ary",
            "2": "شيفور",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Moroccan Arabic: شيفور",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Moroccan Arabic: شيفور"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "sjåfør",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: sjåfør",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: sjåfør"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "شوفر",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "šufer"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: شوفر (šufer)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: شوفر (šufer)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "szofer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: szofer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: szofer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "chofer",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: chofer, chauffeur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: chofer, chauffeur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "șofer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: șofer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: șofer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "шофёр",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: шофёр (šofjór)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: шофёр (šofjór)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "шофер",
            "alt": "шо̀фе̄р m",
            "bor": "1",
            "sc": "Cyrl"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: шо̀фе̄р m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: шо̀фе̄р m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "chofer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: chofer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: chofer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "chaufför",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: chaufför",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: chaufför"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "โชเฟอร์",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: โชเฟอร์ (choo-fə̂ə)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: โชเฟอร์ (choo-fə̂ə)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "şoför",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: şoför",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: şoför"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chauffeurs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauffeuse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauffeure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+",
        "f2": "chauffeure"
      },
      "expansion": "chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, feminine chauffeuse or chauffeure)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "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 usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "taxi driver",
          "text": "chauffeur de taxi",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "driver"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "driver",
          "driver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chauffeur (private driver)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chauffeur",
          "chauffeur#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃo.fœʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-chauffeur.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/Fr-chauffeur.ogg/Fr-chauffeur.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Fr-chauffeur.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-œʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chauffeur"
}

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