chauffeur
/ʃoʊˈfɝ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
noun
The driver of a fire truck.
Example Sentences
- "He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine."
- "Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this 50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur"
- "I can make money from the comfort of my sofa / So much drive, now I gotta get a chauffeur"
- ""Old Pearson. He did gardening for us, and chauffeuring for my father. Such a dear old man - I've know him all my life.""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin calefaciō Classical Latin calfaciō Vulgar Latin *calfō Old French chaufer Middle French chauffer French chauffer Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -(ā)tōrem Old French -or Middle French -eur French -eur French chauffeurbor. English chauffeur Borrowed from French chauffeur.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: chauffeur
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃoʊˈfɝ/
- British English: /ʃɒˈfɜː/