chief

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
2. (uncountable) Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
3. The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
4. The principal part or top of anything.
5. (ironic, sometimes) An informal term of address.
6. (ironic, offensive, sometimes) An informal term of address.

Adj

1. Primary; principal.
2. (Scotland) Intimate, friendly.

Verb

To smoke cannabis.

Sinonieme

leader

head

boss

principal

main

master

lord

director

ruler

headman

king

👑

manager

superior

chieftain

commander

leading

best

primary

captain

president

ringleader

major

supervisor

foremost

prime

first

1st

prince

🤴

chairman

central

supreme

governor

important

highest

administrator

capital

senior

pre-eminent

authority

general

chef

cardinal

gaffer

foreman

most excellent

most important

owner

protector

chairperson

honcho

prominent

Vertalings

chef

jefe

capo

Chef

Häuptling

Führer

Leiter

🪜

chefe

Oberhaupt

chef

Anführer

cacique

cap

aanvoerder

leader

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/t͡ʃiːf/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: cheef

Verwante met Latyn: cappa

In summary

From Middle English cheef, chef, from Old French chef, chief (“leader”), from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput.
Doublet of cape (“point of land”), capo, caput, and chef through Latin (possibly also related to cape (“sleeveless garment”) and cap (“head covering”) from Latin cappa); doublet of head and Howth through Proto-Indo-European.

Sinne

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