Meaning

5 senses
  1. The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.

    a professional cook

  2. The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

    Chefkoch, Chefköchin, Küchenchef

    шеф-по́варšef-póvar, по́варpóvar, ста́рший ко́кstáršij kók

    шеф-куха́рšef-kuxár

  3. Any cook.

    My partner is the chef of the household, while I do most of the cleaning.

  4. (slang)One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.

  5. (historical)A reliquary in the shape of a head.

Examples

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  1. Aren't you a chef?

    Хіба ти не шеф-кухар?

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  2. Tom is a chef.

    Том кухар.

    deTom ist Koch.

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  3. I'll call the chef.

    Я покличу шеф-кухара.

    deIch hole den Küchenchef.

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  4. Tom is a talented chef.

    Том — талановитий шеф-кухар.

    deTom ist ein begnadeter Koch.

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  5. You're still a chef, aren't you?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant:
Русский
By meaning 1
head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant:

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuis

Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (possibly related to English cap (“head covering”)).

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