chaufer

Old French

Alternative forms

chauffer

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cal(e)fāre, from Latin calfacere or calefacere, present active infinitive of calefaciō. Compare Old Occitan calfar.

Verb

chaufer

to heat; to heat up; to warm

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-fs, *-ft are modified to s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of chaufer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chaufer			avoir chaufé
gerund		en chaufant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		chaufant
past participle		chaufé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	chauf	chaufes	chaufe	chaufons	chaufez	chaufent
	imperfect	chaufoie, chaufeie, chaufoe, chaufeve	chaufoies, chaufeies, chaufoes, chaufeves	chaufoit, chaufeit, chaufot, chaufeve	chaufiiens, chaufiens	chaufiiez, chaufiez	chaufoient, chaufeient, chaufoent, chaufevent
	preterite	chaufai	chaufas	chaufa	chaufames	chaufastes	chauferent
	future	chauferai	chauferas	chaufera	chauferons	chauferoiz, chaufereiz, chauferez	chauferont
	conditional	chauferoie, chaufereie	chauferoies, chaufereies	chauferoit, chaufereit	chauferiiens, chauferiens	chauferiiez, chauferiez	chauferoient, chaufereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	chauf	chaus	chaut	chaufons	chaufez	chaufent
simple tenses	imperfect	chaufasse	chaufasses	chaufast	chaufissons, chaufissiens	chaufissoiz, chaufissez, chaufissiez	chaufassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	chaufe	—	chaufons	chaufez	—

Descendants

Middle English: chaufen (borrowed)
- English: chafe
Middle French: chauffer
- French: chauffer
Norman: caûffer

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chaufer, supplement)

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