Значение

значений: 6
  1. The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.

    All firefighters report to the fire chief.

    Häuptling, Oberhaupt, Chef

    вождьvoždʹ, гла́вныйglávnyj, глава́glavá

    вождьvoždʹ, головни́йholovnýj, проводи́рprovodýr

    a head of a tribe or clan

  2. (неисчисляемое)Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.

    Bob is our troubleshooter in chief.

  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, иногда)An informal term of address.

    команди́рkomandír

  6. An informal term of address.

    (ironic, оскорбительное, иногда)An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.

    Schildhaupt

    глава́glavá

Примеры

предложений: 170
  1. The section chief accepted the proposal.

    Заведующий отделом принял предложение.

    deDer Abteilungsleiter nahm den Vorschlag an.

  2. The section chief made me work like a slave.

    Глава отдела заставил меня пахать словно раба.

  3. Tom is having lunch with the police chief.

    Том обедает с начальником полиции.

    deTom isst mit dem Polizeipräsidenten zu Mittag.

  4. I'm the chief engineer.

    Я главный инженер.

    ukЯ головний інженер.

  5. He was promoted to section chief.

    Он был назначен начальником отдела.

Переводы

языков: 8
Українська
По значениям 2
leader of group, etc.:
head of an organization:
Русский
По значениям 3
leader of group, etc.:
head of an organization:
informal address:
Deutsch
По значениям 3
leader of group, etc.:
head of an organization:
heraldic term:

Происхождение

Inherited from Middle English chef, borrowed from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capu

Inherited from Middle English chef, borrowed from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput, from *kap-, possibly from *kap-, possibly borrowed from a substrate language.

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