chef

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From French chef de cuisine.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
chef

Plural
chefs

chef (plural chefs)

  1. The head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant, club, or wealthy family.
  2. Same as chief.

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French chef, cognate with chief

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chef m. (plural chefs, diminutive chefje, diminutive plural chefjes)

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

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[edit] French

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Old French chief.

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

  1. A boss, chief
  2. A culinary chef, chief cook

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  • feminine form is sometimes spelled cheffe

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French

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chef m. inv.

  1. A chef; head cook

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chef m. and f. singular & plural

  1. A chef, head cook

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Inflection for chef Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative chef chefen chefer cheferna
Genitive chefs chefens chefers chefernas

chef c.

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

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