chaufför

See also: chauffør

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chauffeur (“chauffeur, originally fireman, stoker”), from chauffer (“heat, warm up”) + -eur, equivalent to echauffera +‎ -ör.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɧɔˈfœːr/, /ɧaˈfœːr/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

chaufför c

  1. chauffeur, driver
  2. (dated, originally) fireman, stoker; the one who fires (puts heat to) the automobile

Declension

Declension of chaufför
nominative genitive
singular indefinite chaufför chaufförs
definite chauffören chaufförens
plural indefinite chaufförer chaufförers
definite chaufförerna chaufförernas
  • echauffemang

References

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