chefe
Middle English
Noun
chefe
- Alternative form of chef
Adjective
chefe
- Alternative form of chef
Adverb
chefe
- Alternative form of chef
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- chefa (feminine only)
Etymology
Borrowed from French chef, from Old French chief, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput (“head”). Compare Spanish jefe. Doublet of cabo.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: che‧fe
Noun
chefe m or f (plural chefes)
- chief, head, head man, boss
- chieftain
- (heraldry) chief
- (Brazil, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a waiter
Synonyms
- (boss): gerente, administrador, capataz, controlador, feitor, organizador, superintendente, supervisor
- (chieftain): cacique
- (term of address): grande, amigo
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- Middle English nouns
- Middle English adjectives
- Middle English adverbs
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese terms derived from Old French
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese nouns with multiple genders
- pt:Heraldic charges
- Brazilian Portuguese
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