chauffeur

---

see also: Chauffeur

---

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ʃɒˈfɜː/, /ˈʃəʊfə/
• (America) IPA: /ʃoʊˈfɝ/, /ˈʃoʊfɚ/

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).
2. (firefighting) The driver of a fire truck.

Translations

• French: chauffeur, chauffeuse
• German: Chauffeur, Chauffeurin, Berufschauffeur, Berufschauffeurin, (Swiss German) Chauffeuse, Schofför, Schofförin
• Italian: chauffeur, autista
• Portuguese: motorista, chofer
• Russian: шофёр
• Spanish: chófer, chofer

Verb

chauffeur (chauffeurs, present participle chauffeuring; past and past participle chauffeured)

1. (intransitive) To be, or act as, a chauffeur driver of a motor car.
2. (transitive) To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.

   Synonyms: transport, bring, shuttle

Translations

• German: chauffieren

Translations

• German: chauffieren, herumfahren (colloquial)

---

Chauffeur

---

Noun

chauffeur (plural chauffeurs)

1. (historical) A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004