chef

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Derived terms 3.4 Alternative spellings 4 Italian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Spanish 5.1 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

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From French chef de cuisine.

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Wikipedia

• Rhymes: -ɛf

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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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• (head cook): cook

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•  chef^{help, file}

[edit] Etymology

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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• chefkok m.
• sergeant-chef m.
• stationchef m.

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Old French chief.

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• IPA: /ʃɛf/ X-SAMPA: /SEf/
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• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Homophones: cheffe, cheffes, chefs

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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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• chef de file
• chefferie
• en chef

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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

[edit] Derived terms

• avdelningschef
• försäljningschef
• mellanchef