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Meaning of chauffeur | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ʃɒˈfɜː

Definitions

  1. A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
  2. A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine)
  3. A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.
    historical
  4. The driver of a fire truck.
  5. The driver of a fire truck
  6. To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car)
  7. To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca şofer sürücü
Български шофьор
Bosanski šofer vodič возач шофер
Català xofer
Čeština řidič šofér
Dansk chauffør
Ελληνικά οδηγός
فارسی شوفر
Français chauffeur chauffeuse
Hrvatski šofer vodič возач шофер
Magyar sofőr
Հայերեն ավտովարորդ
Bahasa Indonesia sopir supir
Íslenska bílstjóri
Italiano autista chauffeur
日本語 運転手
ქართული მძღოლი
Kurdî şofêr
Lietuvių šoferis vairuotojas
Latviešu šoferis vadītājs
Македонски возач шофер
Bahasa Melayu drebar pemandu supir
Malti xufier
Nederlands privéchauffeur
Polski szofer szoferka
Română șofer
Slovenčina šofér vodič
Shqip shofer
Српски šofer vodič возач шофер
Svenska chaufför
ไทย คนขับ
Türkçe şoför sürücü
Українська воді́й шофер
Tiếng Việt tài xế

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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