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chef.

chef (head cook)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃɛf/
  1. chef (head cook)

    invariable · masculine
  2. a sophisticated cook

    broadly · invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French chef (“head; chief”), from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Doublet of capo.

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