chauffer

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compare French chauffoir, a kind of stove, from chauffer (“to heat”). See chafe.

Alternative forms

Noun

chauffer (plural chauffers)

  1. A small, portable stove
  2. A chafing dish
  3. (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

Misspelling of chauffeur

Noun

chauffer (plural chauffers)

  1. Misspelling of chauffeur.

Verb

chauffer (third-person singular simple present chauffers, present participle chauffering, simple past and past participle chauffered)

  1. Misspelling of chauffeur.

References

  1. ^ “chauffer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, chaufer, from Vulgar Latin *cal(e)fāre, from Latin calfacere or calefacere, present active infinitive of calefaciō. Compare Occitan caufar, calfar, Catalan calfar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃo.fe/
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Verb

chauffer

  1. to heat, to warm, to warm up
  2. (slang) to tease, to entice sexually, to arouse
    Synonyms: allumer, aguicher

Conjugation

Conjugation of chauffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chauffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chauffant
/ʃo.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chauffé
/ʃo.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chauffe
/ʃof/ 		chauffes
/ʃof/ 		chauffe
/ʃof/ 		chauffons
/ʃo.fɔ̃/ 		chauffez
/ʃo.fe/ 		chauffent
/ʃof/
imperfect chauffais
/ʃo.fɛ/ 		chauffais
/ʃo.fɛ/ 		chauffait
/ʃo.fɛ/ 		chauffions
/ʃo.fjɔ̃/ 		chauffiez
/ʃo.fje/ 		chauffaient
/ʃo.fɛ/
past historic2 chauffai
/ʃo.fe/ 		chauffas
/ʃo.fa/ 		chauffa
/ʃo.fa/ 		chauffâmes
/ʃo.fam/ 		chauffâtes
/ʃo.fat/ 		chauffèrent
/ʃo.fɛʁ/
future chaufferai
/ʃo.fʁe/ 		chaufferas
/ʃo.fʁa/ 		chauffera
/ʃo.fʁa/ 		chaufferons
/ʃo.fʁɔ̃/ 		chaufferez
/ʃo.fʁe/ 		chaufferont
/ʃo.fʁɔ̃/
conditional chaufferais
/ʃo.fʁɛ/ 		chaufferais
/ʃo.fʁɛ/ 		chaufferait
/ʃo.fʁɛ/ 		chaufferions
/ʃo.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chaufferiez
/ʃo.fə.ʁje/ 		chaufferaient
/ʃo.fʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chauffe
/ʃof/ 		chauffes
/ʃof/ 		chauffe
/ʃof/ 		chauffions
/ʃo.fjɔ̃/ 		chauffiez
/ʃo.fje/ 		chauffent
/ʃof/
imperfect2 chauffasse
/ʃo.fas/ 		chauffasses
/ʃo.fas/ 		chauffât
/ʃo.fa/ 		chauffassions
/ʃo.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		chauffassiez
/ʃo.fa.sje/ 		chauffassent
/ʃo.fas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chauffe
/ʃof/ 		— chauffons
/ʃo.fɔ̃/ 		chauffez
/ʃo.fe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Verb

chauffer

  1. 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.

    Conjugation of chauffer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive chauffer avoir chauffé
gerund en chauffant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle chauffant
past participle chauffé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present chauf chauffes chauffe chauffons chauffez chauffent
imperfect chauffoie, chauffeie, chauffoe, chauffeve chauffoies, chauffeies, chauffoes, chauffeves chauffoit, chauffeit, chauffot, chauffeve chauffiiens, chauffiens chauffiiez, chauffiez chauffoient, chauffeient, chauffoent, chauffevent
preterite chauffai chauffas chauffa chauffames chauffastes chaufferent
future chaufferai chaufferas chauffera chaufferons chaufferoiz, chauffereiz, chaufferez chaufferont
conditional chaufferoie, chauffereie chaufferoies, chauffereies chaufferoit, chauffereit chaufferiiens, chaufferiens chaufferiiez, chaufferiez chaufferoient, chauffereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present chauf chaus chaut chauffons chauffez chauffent
imperfect chauffasse chauffasses chauffast chauffissons, chauffissiens chauffissoiz, chauffissez, chauffissiez chauffassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— chauffe — chauffons chauffez —
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