chef
To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionallyTo work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.
» Aren't you a chef?
Хіба ти не шеф-кухар? — deniko
Хіба ви не шеф-кухар? — deniko
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3 senses(informal, stative)To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.
(Multicultural London English, transitive)To stab with a knife, to shank.
He got cheffed up proper.
(Internet)To impress others.
Examples
205 sentencesAren't you a chef?
Хіба ти не шеф-кухар? — deniko
Tom is a chef.
Том кухар. — deniko
deTom ist Koch. — Felixjp
I'll call the chef.
Я покличу шеф-кухара. — deniko
deIch hole den Küchenchef. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is a talented chef.
Том — талановитий шеф-кухар. — deniko
deTom ist ein begnadeter Koch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You're still a chef, aren't you?
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisUnadapted 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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Forms
chefs, cheffing, cheffed, cheffedSynonyms
29 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1False friends — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
5 patterns- a pastry chef
- pastry chef
- good chef
- a good chef
- was a chef
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.