chauffeurとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from French chauffeur.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ʃɒˈfɜː/, /ˈʃəʊfə/
• (General American) IPA: /ʃoʊˈfɝ/, /ˈʃoʊfɚ/
• Homophone: shofar (some pronunciations of both words)
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)

名詞

chauffeur (plural chauffeurs)

1. A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 3, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     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.

   • 1994, 2:40 from the start, in Juicy‎ (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:

     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

   • 2024, “Hot One”, in King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2, performed by Denzel Curry:

     I can make money from the comfort of my sofa / So much drive, now I gotta get a chauffeur

2. (firefighting) The driver of a fire truck.

   Synonym: engineer

使用する際の注意点

As the French word chauffeur has masculine gender, a female chauffeur is sometimes called a chauffeuse or, jocularly, a chauffeuress.

上位語

• (both senses): driver

派生語

動詞

chauffeur (third-person singular simple present chauffeurs, present participle chauffeuring, simple past and past participle chauffeured)

1. (intransitive) To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
   • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 75:

     "Old Pearson. He did gardening for us, and chauffeuring for my father. Such a dear old man - I've know him all my life."

2. (transitive) To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.

   Synonyms: transport, bring, shuttle