chauffoir
French, noun/ʃo.fwaʁ/
chauffoir is spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-O-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chauffoir is a French masculine noun meaning “warming room” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu de réunion pour se chauffer”.
What does chauffoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewarming room
- 2
masculinestove
- 3
masculinewarming pan, chafer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu de réunion pour se chauffer. 2. Salle publique chauffée ouverte aux pauvres pendant l’hiver. 3. Poêle pour faire sécher le linge, les cartons, etc. 4. Linge de propreté pour essuyer, réchauffer un malade, une femme en couche, etc.
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 chauffoir
- chauffoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chauffoir?
- /ʃo.fwaʁ/
- \ʃo.fwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chauffoir in French?
chauffoir appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).