cheoaforr?
definition, please?
chauffeur
That is how you spell “showfur”.
Shofar
Fo sho
What’s a showfor?
To watch!
Well, that blows.
“Chauffeur” is French; the literal meaning is “one that heats,” originally used to describe men whose job it was to stoke steam engines.
It took me a very long time to spell it correctly. The second u messed me up every time.
I didn’t know that, thanks !
There are plenty of French words with that same ending: chanteur, penseur, masseur, derailleur come to mind.
Thanks for sharing the etymology. I’ve known the word (and it’s correct spelling) for a long time, but for some reason it never occurred to me to dig up its origin.
“Butler” is derived from Old French botellier meaning “the guy who takes care of the wine bottles.”
Shofar, shogood.
chsoughpphaur = showfor
as in fuchsia, though, sapphire, and dinosaur
It’s basically equivalent to the “er” ending in english. A baker is someone who bakes. Un chanteur (singer) est quelqu’un qui chante (sings).
One that has migrated to english is "connaisseur, which is basically “know-er”.
What about amateur?
One who does a thing for the love of the thing. Rather than for money.
So, sort of, “lover”. Probably don’t say that to your lover, though.
d-r-i-v-e-r
So much discussion in this nonsense thread. There doesn’t seem to be much to showfor it.
That’s also where we get the name for a chafing dish, which keeps food warm at a buffet.
In Russian it’s spelled “Pikov Andropov.”