chef

Meaning

1. (invariable, masculine) chef (head cook)
2. (broadly, invariable, masculine) a sophisticated cook

Concepts

chef

head cook

cook

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cooky

Synonyms

capocuoco

cuoco

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cuoca

cuciniere

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Translations

xef

chef

Küchenchef

αρχιμάγειρος

chef

Chefkoch

cozinheira

Koch

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cocinero

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cuisinier

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chef cuisinier

cozinheiro

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chefkok

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɛf/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chef (“head; chief”), 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 *káput. Doublet of capo.