Meaning of "chauffeur" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHAUFFEUR

From French, literally: stoker, from chauffer to heat.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHAUFFEUR

chauffeur  [ˈʃəʊfə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHAUFFEUR

Chauffeur is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb chauffeur in English.

WHAT DOES CHAUFFEUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chauffeur

A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or limousine. Originally, such drivers were always personal servants of the vehicle owner, but now in many cases specialist chauffeur service companies or individual drivers provide both driver and vehicle for hire, although there are service companies that just provide the driver.

Definition of chauffeur in the English dictionary

The definition of chauffeur in the dictionary is a person employed to drive a car. Other definition of chauffeur is to act as driver for.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CHAUFFEUR

PRESENT

Present

I chauffeur

you chauffeur

he/she/it chauffeurs

we chauffeur

you chauffeur

they chauffeur

Present continuous

I am chauffeuring

you are chauffeuring

he/she/it is chauffeuring

we are chauffeuring

you are chauffeuring

they are chauffeuring

Present perfect

I have chauffeured

you have chauffeured

he/she/it has chauffeured

we have chauffeured

you have chauffeured

they have chauffeured

Present perfect continuous

I have been chauffeuring

you have been chauffeuring

he/she/it has been chauffeuring

we have been chauffeuring

you have been chauffeuring

they have been chauffeuring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I chauffeured

you chauffeured

he/she/it chauffeured

we chauffeured

you chauffeured

they chauffeured

Past continuous

I was chauffeuring

you were chauffeuring

he/she/it was chauffeuring

we were chauffeuring

you were chauffeuring

they were chauffeuring

Past perfect

I had chauffeured

you had chauffeured

he/she/it had chauffeured

we had chauffeured

you had chauffeured

they had chauffeured

Past perfect continuous

I had been chauffeuring

you had been chauffeuring

he/she/it had been chauffeuring

we had been chauffeuring

you had been chauffeuring

they had been chauffeuring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will chauffeur

you will chauffeur

he/she/it will chauffeur

we will chauffeur

you will chauffeur

they will chauffeur

Future continuous

I will be chauffeuring

you will be chauffeuring

he/she/it will be chauffeuring

we will be chauffeuring

you will be chauffeuring

they will be chauffeuring

Future perfect

I will have chauffeured

you will have chauffeured

he/she/it will have chauffeured

we will have chauffeured

you will have chauffeured

they will have chauffeured

Future perfect continuous

I will have been chauffeuring

you will have been chauffeuring

he/she/it will have been chauffeuring

we will have been chauffeuring

you will have been chauffeuring

they will have been chauffeuring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would chauffeur

you would chauffeur

he/she/it would chauffeur

we would chauffeur

you would chauffeur

they would chauffeur

Conditional continuous

I would be chauffeuring

you would be chauffeuring

he/she/it would be chauffeuring

we would be chauffeuring

you would be chauffeuring

they would be chauffeuring

Conditional perfect

I would have chauffeur

you would have chauffeur

he/she/it would have chauffeur

we would have chauffeur

you would have chauffeur

they would have chauffeur

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been chauffeuring

you would have been chauffeuring

he/she/it would have been chauffeuring

we would have been chauffeuring

you would have been chauffeuring

they would have been chauffeuring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you chauffeur
we let´s chauffeur
you chauffeur

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to chauffeur

Past participle

chauffeured

Present Participle

chauffeuring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF CHAUFFEUR

Find out the translation of chauffeur to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of chauffeur from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chauffeur» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 司机
• Translator English - Spanish: chófer
• English: chauffeur
• Translator English - Hindi: ड्राइवर
• Translator English - Arabic: سائِق سَيَّارَة
• Translator English - Russian: шофер
• Translator English - Portuguese: chofer
• Translator English - Bengali: শোফার
• Translator English - French: chauffeur
• Translator English - Malay: Pemandu
• Translator English - German: Fahrer
• Translator English - Japanese: おかかえ運転手
• Translator English - Korean: 운전 기사
• Translator English - Javanese: Sopir
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tài xế
• Translator English - Tamil: ஓட்டுனர்
• Translator English - Marathi: चालक
• Translator English - Turkish: şoför
• Translator English - Italian: autista
• Translator English - Polish: szofer
• Translator English - Ukrainian: водій
• Translator English - Romanian: șofer
• Translator English - Greek: σοφέρ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: chauffeur
• Translator English - Swedish: chaufför
• Translator English - Norwegian: sjåfør

4 QUOTES WITH «CHAUFFEUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chauffeur.

1

Lyor Cohen

The primary part of the weekend is centered around my children, and I have to be flexible. To call an audible is to be liquid enough to understand that at any given time you have to be a chauffeur or a chaperone, especially for my 12-year-old and whatever her plans are.

2

Dennis Lehane

I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer.

3

Don Meredith

When I die, I want to come back as Bobby Layne's chauffeur.

4

Paul Nurse

My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAUFFEUR»

Discover the use of chauffeur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chauffeur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Driving the Saudis: A Chauffeur's Tale of the World's ...

At its heart, this is an upstairs-downstairs, true-to-life fable for our global times; a story about the corruption that nearly infinite wealth causes, and about what we all do for money.

Jayne Amelia Larson, 2012

Cynthia's Chauffeur

Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction.

Louis Tracy, 2010

The Count's Chauffeur

The nonmotorist isalways at the mercy ofthe chauffeur,and thesocalled " breakdowns" are frequentlydueto the vengeanceofthedriver, who gets his throttle stuck, or some trouble which sounds equally serious, but which is remedied in one, two, ...

William Le Queux, 2014

Two Men in a Car (a Businessman, a Chauffeur, and Their ...

I laughed out loud many times. A refreshing absence of political correctness.' The lovely Maureen Padley Political correctness is a curse of the modern era. This book is not politically correct.

Mike Buchanan, 2013

I Was Hitler's Chauffeur: The Memoirs of Erich Kempka

Gnsche and I lay Eva Hitler beside her husband.

Erich Kempka, 2010

My Friend the Chauffeur

A CHAPTER OF SURPRISES -WANTED, LADIES, TO CONDUCT.

C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson, 2010

The nighttime chauffeur

Jasper's seventh-birthday wish for a night of driving a horse-and-carriage around New York's Central Park is fulfilled in the form of a wooden rocking horse named Glory.

Carly Simon, 1993

Chauffeur Chaff, Or, Automobilia: Anecdotes, Stories, ...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.

Charles Welsh, 2009

The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America

Alternatively, the fair market value of the chauffeur services may be determined by reference to the compensation (as defined in paragraph (b)(5)(H) of this section) received by the chauffeur from the employer. (C) Separate valuation for ...

Internal Revenue Service, 2002

Values chauffeur you

' This kaleidoscopic work is buoyed by the 'complex indrafts' of an impassioned reflexivity which takes us straight into the momentum of language as it evanesces--William Fuller

Andrew Levy, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHAUFFEUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chauffeur is used in the context of the following news items.

Chauffeur cars firm set for take-off at Airport site

Chauffeur specialists Fylde Executive Cars has moved in to the Old Fire Station Yard and the former Jet2 offices close to the Air Balloon pub. «Blackpool Gazette, Jul 15»

Volvo Kills the Passenger Seat to Make Room for Baby

You have a chauffeur because driving yourself is for the hoi polloi. But you also have a young child. How best to transport both you and your ... «Wired, Jul 15»

'Sydney is the most beautiful, exciting city in the world'

It was formidably well organised but as I got out of the chauffeur-driven car that had greeted me and stood underneath the Harbour Bridge ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Uber Withdrawing Service From Broward County, Florida Due To …

Those regulations include drivers having to obtain a county chauffeur registration, a car permit and undergo a Broward County-run background ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»

Mosaic Place introduces new lounge

Mosaic Place will be testing out their Chauffeur Suite during Wiz Khalifa's concert, Tuesday. Those who are chauffering concert-goers to the ... «Moose Jaw Times-Herald, Jul 15»

Out of the Past: Mona Lisa (1986)

He gets a job as a chauffeur to Simone a high price call girl. They are both broken inside and in their professions they can't let that be seen. «The Young Folks, Jul 15»

You'll definitely be back: Futuristic 'Terminator' hotels around the world

... under Burj Al Arab's dizzying spell, as they are greeted by an air-conditioned, chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce and driven to the hotel. On arrival ... «Newstalk 106-108 fm, Jul 15»

Attention helicopter parents and free-rangers: Try baby steps for …

While she's still on chauffeur duty for school and many activities, she has found lots of little ways to foster growing independence in her brood. «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»

Brazilian archbishop carjacked at gunpoint in Rio

Rio de Janeiro police say the robbery occurred Sunday night when Cardinal Orani Joao Tempesta was travelling in a chauffeur-driven vehicle ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»

As Yanis Varoufakis revs off into the sunset, it's his substance I'll …

He continued to ride his motorbike instead of being driven by a chauffeur. In this upside-down world, this level of normality meant he was ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»