chauffer

English

Etymology

Compare French chauffoir a kind of stove, from chauffer to heat. See chafe.

Noun

chauffer (plural chauffers)

1. (chemistry) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Etymology

Old French and Middle French chauffer, from Latin calefacio

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʃo.fe/

Verb

chauffer

1. To heat, to warm, to warm up

Related terms

• chauffage
• chaufferie

Conjugation

   Conjugation of chauffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chauffer			avoir chauffé
gerund		en chauffant			en ayant chauffé
present participle		chauffant
past participle		chauffé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	chauffe	chauffes	chauffe	chauffons	chauffez	chauffent
	imperfect	chauffais	chauffais	chauffait	chauffions	chauffiez	chauffaient
	past historic1	chauffai	chauffas	chauffa	chauffâmes	chauffâtes	chauffèrent
	future	chaufferai	chaufferas	chauffera	chaufferons	chaufferez	chaufferont
	conditional	chaufferais	chaufferais	chaufferait	chaufferions	chaufferiez	chaufferaient
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	chauffes	chauffe	chauffions	chauffiez	chauffent
	imperfect1	chauffasse	chauffasses	chauffât	chauffassions	chauffassiez	chauffassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	chauffe	—	chauffons	chauffez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Verb

chauffer

1. Alternative form of chaufer.

Conjugation

• 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, chauffez
gerund		en chauffant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		chauffant
past participle		chauffé, chauffez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	chauffe	chauffes	chauffe	chauffons	chauffez, chauffés	chauffent
	imperfect	chauffoe, chauffeie, chauffoie	chauffoes, chauffeies, chauffoies	chauffot, chauffeit, chauffoit	chauffions, chauffiions	chauffiez, chauffiiez	chauffoent, chauffient, chauffoient
	past historic	chauffa	chauffas	chauffa	chauffames	chauffastes	chaufferent
	future	chaufferai	chaufferas	chauffera	chaufferons	chaufferez, chauffereiz	chaufferont
	conditional	chaufferoe, chauffereie, chaufferoie	chaufferoes, chauffereied, chaufferoied	chaufferot, chauffereie, chaufferoie	chaufferions, chaufferiions	chaufferiez, chaufferiiez	chaufferoent, chauffereient, chaufferoient
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 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	chauffe	chauffes	chauffe	chauffons	chauffez	chauffent
	imperfect	chauffasse	chauffasses	chauffast	chauffissons	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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	chauffe	—	chauffons	chauffez	—