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Chauffer
Chauf′fer
,Noun.
(Chem.)
A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.
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Chauffer
chauffer
chauffer
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English
Noun
chauffer (plural chauffers)
- (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)
- Misspelling of chauffeur.
Verb
chauffer (third-person singular simple present chauffers, present participle chauffering, simple past and past participle chauffered)
- Misspelling of chauffeur.
French
Etymology
From Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, chaufer, from Latin calefacere, present active infinitive of calefaciō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃo.fe/
Verb
chauffer
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of chauffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | chauffer | avoir chauffé | |||||
| gerund | en chauffant | en ayant chauffé | |||||
| present participle | chauffant /ʃo.fɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | chauffé /ʃo.fe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | chauffai /ʃo.fe/ |
chauffas /ʃo.fa/ |
chauffa /ʃo.fa/ |
chauffâmes /ʃo.fam/ |
chauffâtes /ʃo.fat/ |
chauffèrent /ʃo.fɛʁ/ |
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| future | chaufferai /ʃo.fʁe/ |
chaufferas /ʃo.fʁa/ |
chauffera /ʃo.fʁa/ |
chaufferons /ʃo.fʁɔ̃/ |
chaufferez /ʃo.fʁe/ |
chaufferont /ʃo.fʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | chaufferais /ʃo.fʁɛ/ |
chaufferais /ʃo.fʁɛ/ |
chaufferait /ʃo.fʁɛ/ |
chaufferions /ʃo.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chaufferiez /ʃo.fə.ʁje/ |
chaufferaient /ʃo.fʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chauffe /ʃof/ |
chauffes /ʃof/ |
chauffe /ʃof/ |
chauffions /ʃo.fjɔ̃/ |
chauffiez /ʃo.fje/ |
chauffent /ʃof/ |
| imperfect1 |
chauffasse /ʃo.fas/ |
chauffasses /ʃo.fas/ |
chauffât /ʃo.fa/ |
chauffassions /ʃo.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
chauffassiez /ʃo.fa.sje/ |
chauffassent /ʃo.fas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | chauffe /ʃof/ |
— | chauffons /ʃo.fɔ̃/ |
chauffez /ʃo.fe/ |
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Old French
Verb
chauffer
- 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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | chauffe | — | chauffons | chauffez | — | ||