préchauffer
French, verb/pʁe.ʃo.fe/
préchauffer is spelled P-R-É-C-H-A-U-F-F-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préchauffer is a French verb meaning “to preheat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chauffer préalablement à l’utilisation effective”.
What does préchauffer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to preheat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Chauffer préalablement à l’utilisation effective.
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 préchauffer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- préchauffant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- préchauffé participle past
- préchauffe first-person indicative present
- préchauffes indicative present second-person
- préchauffons first-person indicative plural
- préchauffez indicative plural present
- préchauffent indicative plural present
- préchauffais first-person imperfect indicative
- préchauffait imperfect indicative singular
- préchauffions first-person imperfect indicative
- préchauffiez imperfect indicative plural
- préchauffaient imperfect indicative plural
- préchauffai first-person historic indicative
- préchauffas historic indicative past
- préchauffa historic indicative past
- préchauffâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préchauffer?
- /pʁe.ʃo.fe/
- \pʁe.ʃo.fe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to préchauffer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préchauffer in French?
préchauffer appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).