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chauffer

/ʃo.fe/

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verb/ʃo.fe/

to heat, warm, warm up; to tease, entice sexually; to arouse; to drive (a vehicle)

Synonyms: allumer, aguicher

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 Inherited from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, chaufer, fro