chef

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from French chef, from 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).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

chef (plural chefs)

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

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from French chef

Noun[edit]

chef c (singular definite chefen, plural indefinite chefer)

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

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from French chef.

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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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French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French chief, from Latin caput (head), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.

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Noun[edit]

chef m (plural chefs)

D'or au chef de gueules, qui est des Seigneurs de Wiltz.
  1. (now literary) head
    opiner du chef.
    to nod.
  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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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from French chef.

Noun[edit]

chef m (invariable)

  1. A chef; head cook

Jèrriais[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French chief, from Latin caput (head), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.

Noun[edit]

chef m (plural chefs)

  1. chief

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Old French[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. Alternative form of chief.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Turkish kef, keyif.

Noun[edit]

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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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from French chef.

Noun[edit]

chef m and f (plural chef)

  1. A chef, head cook

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from French chef.

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chef c

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

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