chaufför

See also: chauffør

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɧɔˈføːr/, /ɧaˈføːr/
Audio (file)

Noun

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chauffeur
(originally dated) fireman, stoker; the one who fires (puts heat to) the automobil

Declension

Declension of chaufför
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	chaufför	chauffören	chaufförer	chaufförerna
Genitive	chaufförs	chaufförens	chaufförers	chaufförernas

References

chaufför in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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