chaufför
Swedish
/ɧɔˈfœːr/
noun
Definitions
- chauffeur, driver
- (dated) fireman, stoker; the one who fires (puts heat to) the automobile
Etymology
Borrowed from French chauffeur (stoker, driver, fireman, l, chauffeur, originally fireman) suffix from Swedish echauffera.
Origin
Swedish
echauffera
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chauffeur English
- Chauffeur German
- chauffeur Dutch, Flemish
- chauffard French
- chauffer French
- chauffeur French
- шофер Russian
- шофёр Russian
- chofer Spanish, Castilian
- sjåfør Norwegian Bokmål
- chofer Portuguese
- buss Swedish
- busschaufför Swedish
- echauffera Swedish
- långtradarchaufför Swedish
- långtradare Swedish
- szofer Polish
- sjåfør Norwegian Nynorsk
- chauffør Danish
- šofér Czech
- шофер Serbo-Croatian
- xofer Catalan, Valencian
- โชเฟอร์ Thai
- шофьор Bulgarian
- Chauffer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- шофер Macedonian
- šofér Slovak
- şoför Crimean Tatar
- chofè Antillean Creole
- shofera Maore Comorian