chauffeur

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chauffeur. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃɒˈfɜː/, /ˈʃəʊfə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ʃoʊˈfɝ/, /ˈʃoʊfɚ/ Homophone: shofar (some pronunciations of both words) Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) === Noun === chauffeur (plural chauffeurs) A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine). (firefighting) The driver of a fire truck. Synonym: engineer ==== Usage notes ==== As the French word chauffeur has masculine gender, a female chauffeur is sometimes called a chauffeuse or, jocularly, a chauffeuress. ==== Hypernyms ==== (both senses): driver ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === chauffeur (third-person singular simple present chauffeurs, present participle chauffeuring, simple past and past participle chauffeured) (intransitive) To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car). (transitive) To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle. Synonyms: transport, bring, shuttle ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chauffeur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃoːˈføːr/, /ʃɑu̯ˈføːr/ Hyphenation: chauf‧feur Rhymes: -øːr === Noun === chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, diminutive chauffeurtje n, feminine chauffeuse) driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus; usually to transport others or in a professional capacity, often both) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Aukan: safeli → Caribbean Javanese: sopir → Indonesian: sopir → Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦥꦶꦂ (sopir) → West Frisian: sjauffeur == French == === Etymology === From chauffer (“to warm up”) +‎ -eur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃo.fœʁ/ Rhymes: -œʁ === Noun === chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, feminine chauffeuse or chauffeure) (rail transport) stoker; fireman driver chauffeur de taxi ― taxi driver chauffeur (private driver) ==== Derived terms ==== chauffard ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “chauffeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃoˈfeɾ/ [t͡ʃoˈfeɾ] Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: chauf‧feur === Noun === chauffeur m or f by sense (plural chauffeurs or chauffeur) (rare) alternative form of chofer === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “chauffeur”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA