şef

Meaning

boss, leader

Concepts

boss

conductor

chef

superintendent

captain

chief

manager

president

principal

head

foreman

ethnarch

leader

Synonyms

başkan

amir

baş

müdür

orkestra şefi

patron

ekip başı

çete reisi

elebaşı

işveren

koro şefi

Translations

chef

Chef

chefe

jefe

capocuoco

aanvoerder

baas

patron

Leiter

🪜

Haupt

chef d'orchestre

capo

Dirigent

Führer

Vorgesetzter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃef/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: chef

In summary

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