Chef

Etymology
From chef: de cuisine:,  chief:, by extension "leader".

Noun

 * 1) The head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant, club, or wealthy family.
 * 2) Same as chief.

Synonyms

 * cook

Thesaurus
baker, boss, bwana, chef de cuisine, chief, chief cook, church dignitary, cook, culinarian, culinary artist, ecclesiarch, elder, employer, fry cook, goodman, guru, husband, kitchener, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, master, overlord, padrone, paramount, pastry chef, pastrycook, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, rabbi, sahib, seigneur, seignior, short-order cook, starets, teacher

Translations

 * Bulgarian: главен готвач
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Min Nan:, , , , ,
 * Czech: šéfkuchař
 * Dutch: chefkok
 * Finnish: keittiömestari,
 * French: ,
 * German: Chefkoch, Küchenchef
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: kokkur, yfirmatsveinn, matreiðslumaður, matsveinn
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:, , シェフ, , クック
 * Korean:, 주방장
 * Macedonian: шеф на кујна
 * Maltese: xeff
 * Manx: ard-choagyrey
 * Navajo:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: шеф-повар
 * Swedish: köksmästare,
 * Turkish: şef
 * Volapük: kvisinal,  hikvisinal,  jikvisinal

Etymology
From chef, cognate with chief

Noun

 * 1) A boss, chief, head, leader
 * 2) Short for a title including chef, e.g. a culinary chef

Derived terms

 * chefkok
 * sergeant-chef
 * stationchef

Etymology
chief from caput:.

Noun 1



 * 1) head
 * opiner du chef.
 * to nod.
 * 1) article, principal point.
 * Les principaux chefs d’une demande.
 * 1) principal motive
 * Le procureur a tenu à refaire une lecture des chefs d’accusation.
 * 1) top third of a coat of arms

Derived terms

 * au premier chef
 * chef-d’œuvre
 * chef-lieu
 * couvre-chef
 * de son chef
 * derechef

Noun 2



 * 1) A boss, chief
 * Le pape est le chef de l’Église.
 * 1) A culinary chef, chief cook
 * Créant dans des établissements de prestige de nombreuses recettes reprises ensuite par d'autres chefs, Escoffier a fait connaitre internationalement la cuisine française.

Derived terms

 * adjudant-chef
 * cheffe
 * chefferie
 * cheftaine
 * en chef
 * chef d’entreprise
 * chef d’État
 * chef d’état-major
 * chef d’orchestre
 * chef de famille
 * chef de file
 * commandant en chef
 * ingénieur en chef
 * sergent-chef
 * sous-chef

Alternative forms

 * feminine form is sometimes spelled chèfe

Noun

 * 1) A chef; head cook

Noun

 * 1) A chef, head cook

Noun

 * 1) A boss; person in charge, person who directly oversees the work being done

Derived terms

 * avdelningschef
 * försäljningschef
 * mellanchef