sjåfør
Norwegian
noun-m1
Definitions
- a driver
- a chauffeur
- a person employed to drive a motor vehicle
Etymology
Derived from French chauffeur (stoker, driver, fireman, l, chauffeur, originally fireman).
Origin
French
chauffeur
Gloss
stoker, driver, fireman, l, chauffeur, originally fireman
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chauffeur English
- Chauffeur German
- chauffeur Dutch, Flemish
- chauffard French
- chauffer French
- chauffeur French
- шофер Russian
- шофёр Russian
- chofer Spanish, Castilian
- buss Norwegian Bokmål
- bussjåfør Norwegian Bokmål
- drosje Norwegian Bokmål
- drosjesjåfør Norwegian Bokmål
- lastebil Norwegian Bokmål
- lastebilsjåfør Norwegian Bokmål
- turbuss Norwegian Bokmål
- turbussjåfør Norwegian Bokmål
- chofer Portuguese
- chaufför Swedish
- szofer Polish
- sjåfør Norwegian Nynorsk
- chauffør Danish
- šofér Czech
- шофер Serbo-Croatian
- xofer Catalan, Valencian
- โชเฟอร์ Thai
- шофьор Bulgarian
- Chauffer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- шофер Macedonian
- šofér Slovak
- şoför Crimean Tatar
- chofè Antillean Creole
- shofera Maore Comorian