en chaufför
Meaning
chauffeur; driver
In Swedish: (bil)förare
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en chaufför |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | chauffören |
| Plural, indefinite | chaufförer |
| Plural, definite | chaufförerna |
chaufför is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor chaufför, den stora chauffören. Check another noun
Practise chaufför
1 / 2Is it en chaufför or ett chaufför?
chaufför in a sentence
- taxichaufförtaxi driver
- busschaufförbus driver
- lastbilschaufförtruck driver
- rycka in som chaufförstep in as a driver
Words built with chaufför
- taxichaufför taxi driver
Questions
What does chaufför mean in English?
chaufför means “chauffeur, driver”.
Is it en chaufför or ett chaufför?
It is en chaufför, and “the chauffeur” is chauffören.
What is the plural of chaufför?
The plural of chaufför is chaufförer, and the definite plural is chaufförerna.
Origin
Borrowed from French chauffeur (“chauffeur, originally fireman, stoker”), from chauffer (“heat, warm up”) + -eur, equivalent to echauffera + -ör.
Nearby common words
chaufför is number 2,850 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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