Meaning

6 senses
  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. (uncountable)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, sometimes)An informal term of address.

    команди́рkomandír

  6. An informal term of address.

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

    Schildhaupt

    глава́glavá

Examples

170 sentences
  1. He is the chief of my department.

    Він - голова нашого департаменту.

    deEr ist der Leiter meiner Abteilung.

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  2. I'm the chief engineer.

    Я головний інженер.

    ruЯ главный инженер.

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  3. Tom is the chief.

    Керівник — це Том.

    deTom ist der Chef.

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  4. Tom became editor-in-chief.

    Том став головним редактором.

    ruТом стал главным редактором.

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  5. The section chief accepted the proposal.

    ruЗаведующий отделом принял предложение.

    deDer Abteilungsleiter nahm den Vorschlag an.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
leader of group, etc.:
head of an organization:
Русский
By meaning 3
leader of group, etc.:
head of an organization:
informal address:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
leader of group, etc.:
head of an organization:
heraldic term:

Origin

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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