chauffeur

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Synonyms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French chauffeur.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ʃɒˈfɜː/, /ˈʃəʊfə/
• (US) IPA: /ʃoʊˈfɜ˞/, /ˈʃoʊfə˞/

[edit] Noun

chauffeur (plural chauffeurs)

1. a person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).

[edit] Usage notes

As a French word chauffeur has masculine gender, a female chauffeur is sometimes called a chauffeuse or, jocularly, a chauffeuress.

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[edit] Synonyms

• driver

[edit] Verb

to chauffeur (third-person singular simple present chauffeurs, present participle chauffeuring, simple past and past participle chauffeured)

1. to be, or act as a chauffeur
2. to transport someone in a motor car

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

•  chauffeur^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

chauffeur m.

1. driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus)

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

chauffer + -eur

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

chauffeur m. (plural chauffeurs)

1. chauffeur

[edit] Related terms

• chauffeuse f.