chef

Meaning

  1. head
  2. article, principal point
  3. principal motive, charge, count of indictment
  4. chief; top third of a coat of arms

Frequency

A1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃɛf/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-. Doublet of cap.

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