chef
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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)
- The head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant, club, or wealthy family.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Same as chief.
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- (head cook): cook
[edit] Translations
The head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant
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chef (file)
[edit] Etymology
From French chef, cognate with chief.
[edit] Noun
chef m. (plural chefs, diminutive chefje, feminine cheffin)
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- chefkok m.
- sergeant-chef m.
- stationchef m.
[edit] French
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Old French chief from Latin caput (“head”).
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chef m. (plural chefs)
- head
- opiner du chef.
- to nod.
- opiner du chef.
- article, principal point.
- Les principaux chefs d’une demande.
- principal motive
- Le procureur a tenu à refaire une lecture des chefs d’accusation.
- top third of a coat of arms
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chef m. (plural chefs; feminine cheffe, plural cheffes)
- A boss, chief
- Le pape est le chef de l’Église.
- 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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- adjudant-chef
- cheffe
- chefferie
- cheftaine
- en chef
- chef d’entreprise
- chef d’État
- chef d’état-major
- chef d’orchestre
- chef de famille
- chef de file
- commandant en chef
- ingénieur en chef
- sergent-chef
- sous-chef
[edit] Alternative forms
- feminine form is sometimes spelled chèfe
[edit] References
- "chef" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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French
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chef m. inv.
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chef m. (oblique plural chefs, nominative singular chés, nominative plural chef)
- Alternative form of chief.
[edit] Romanian
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[edit] Noun
- (good) disposition, mood
- desire, wish
- (figuratively) appetite
- whim, caprice
- shindig, blowout,
- revelry, binge; by extension, drunkenness
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- (disposition) dispoziție
- (wish): dorință
- (appetite): poftă
- (caprice): capriciu, dambla
- (shindig): petrecere, zaiafet
- (drunkenness): beție
[edit] Spanish
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chef m. and f. (plural chef)
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chef c.
- A boss; person in charge, person who directly oversees the work being done
[edit] Declension
Declension of chef
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