chauffer

See also: Chauffer

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔː.fə/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• choffer

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.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.fe/

• Audio:

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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

3. (Quebec) to drive (a vehicle)

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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• chauffage
• chauffe-eau
• chauffer à blanc
• chaufferette
• chaufferie
• chauffeur
• chauffoir
• de quel bois quelqu’un se chauffe
• réchauffer

Further reading

• “chauffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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	—