chef

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From French chef de cuisine (head of kitchen, head of cooking), Old French chief (head, leader) (English chief), from Late Latin capum (head) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (head) (English cap (head covering)), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head).

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chef (plural chefs)

  1. The head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant, club, or wealthy family.
  2. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Same as chief.

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From French chef, cognate with chief.

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chef m. (plural chefs, diminutive chefje, feminine cheffin)

  1. A boss, chief, head, leader
  2. Short for a title including chef, e.g. a culinary chef

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Old French chief from Latin caput (head).

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chef m. (plural chefs)

D'or au chef de gueules, qui est des Seigneurs de Wiltz.
  1. head
    opiner du chef.
  2. article, principal point.
    Les principaux chefs d’une demande.
  3. principal motive
    Le procureur a tenu à refaire une lecture des chefs d’accusation.
  4. top third of a coat of arms

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chef m. (plural chefs; feminine cheffe, plural cheffes)

Le Chef de l’Hôtel Chatham, William Orpen, 1921.
  1. A boss, chief
    Le pape est le chef de l’Église.
  2. A culinary chef, chief cook
    Créant dans des établissements de prestige de nombreuses recettes reprises ensuite par d'autres chefs, Escoffier a fait connaitre internationalement la cuisine française.

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  • feminine form is sometimes spelled chèfe

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French

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chef m. inv.

  1. A chef; head cook

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chef m. (oblique plural chefs, nominative singular chés, nominative plural chef)

  1. Alternative form of chief.

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From Turkish kef, keyif.

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chef n. (plural chefuri)

  1. (good) disposition, mood
    A nu avea chef de ceva.
    To not feel like/be in the mood for something.
  2. desire, wish
  3. (figuratively) appetite
  4. whim, caprice
  5. shindig, blowout,
  6. revelry, binge; by extension, drunkenness

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chef m. and f. (plural chef)

  1. A chef, head cook

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chef c.

  1. A boss; person in charge, person who directly oversees the work being done

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