chauffer

  1. to heat, to warm, to warm up
  2. (slang) to tease, to entice sexually, to arouse
  3. (Quebec) to drive (a vehicle)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃo.fe/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, chaufer, from Vulgar Latin *cal(e)fāre, from Latin calfacere or calefacere. Compare Occitan caufar, calfar, Catalan calfar.

se chauffer

se réchauffer

devenir chaud

s’échauffer

avoir de la fièvre

être chaud

faire du feu

faire soleil

faire bouillir

amener à ébullition

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