chaufferette
French, noun/ʃo.fʁɛt/
chaufferette is spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-E-R-E-T-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaufferette is a French feminine noun meaning “heater; foot heater, bed warmer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de boîte percée de plusieurs trous dans le haut et dans laquelle on met généralement de la braise pour…”.
What does chaufferette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheater; foot heater, bed warmer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de boîte percée de plusieurs trous dans le haut et dans laquelle on met généralement de la braise pour se tenir les pieds chauds. 2. Appareil portable permettant de se réchauffer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chaufferette
- chaufferettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaufferette?
- /ʃo.fʁɛt/
- \ʃɔ.fʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chaufferette in French?
chaufferette appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).