Daily Verb Lesson: French for heat is chauffer
The French for heat is the regular ER verb chauffer.To remember this, imagine the CHAUFFEUR heats (up) the car!
Chauffer can also mean: to heat up, to warm (up); to give out heat (e.g. radiator); to get warm (games).
Related words include:
- trop chauffées : overheated.
- faire chauffer : to heat. / mettre à chauffer : to put something on to heat.
- se chauffer au soliel : to bask in the sun (lit. to heat oneself up in the sun).
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Imagine the CHAUFFEUR heats up the car.
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent heat |
chauffe | chauffes | chauffe | chauffons | chauffez | chauffent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait heated |
chauffais | chauffais | chauffait | chauffions | chauffiez | chauffaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple heated |
chauffai | chauffas | chauffa | chauffâmes | chauffâtes | chauffèrent |
| Future Futur will heat |
chaufferai | chaufferas | chauffera | chaufferons | chaufferez | chaufferont |
| Conditional Conditionnel would heat |
chaufferais | chaufferais | chaufferait | chaufferions | chaufferiez | chaufferaient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may heat |
chauffe | chauffes | chauffe | chauffions | chauffiez | chauffent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have heated |
ai chauffé | as chauffé | a chauffé | avons chauffé | avez chauffé | ont chauffé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had heated |
avais chauffé | avais chauffé | avait chauffé | avions chauffé | aviez chauffé | avaient chauffé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have heated |
aurai chauffé | auras chauffé | aura chauffé | aurons chauffé | aurez chauffé | auront chauffé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've heated |
aurais chauffé | aurais chauffé | aurait chauffé | aurions chauffé | auriez chauffé | auraient chauffé |
| Imperative Imperatif heat! |
chauffe ! | chauffons ! | chauffez ! | |||
✔ Chauffer is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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