chauffer

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔː.fə/ === Etymology 1 === Compare French chauffoir, a kind of stove, from chauffer (“to heat”). See chafe. ==== Alternative forms ==== choffer ==== Noun ==== chauffer (plural chauffers) A small, portable stove. A chafing dish. (chemistry) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== chauffer Misspelling of chauffeur. ==== Verb ==== chauffer Misspelling of chauffeur. === References === == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, chaufer, from Vulgar Latin *calfāre, from Classical Latin cal(e)facere. Compare Occitan caufar, calfar, Catalan calfar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃo.fe/ === Verb === chauffer to heat, warm, warm up (slang) to tease, entice sexually; to arouse Synonyms: allumer, aguicher (Quebec) to drive (a vehicle) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “chauffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Verb === chauffer alternative form of chaufer ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ff, *-ffs, *-fft are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.