chef

CEFRA2

/ʃɛf/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A professional cook, especially the main cook in a restaurant.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any cook.

Examples

  • Please tell the chef it was delicious.

  • A new book by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /t͡ʃɛf/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.

  3. One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.

More examples

In context

  • We call her a chef.

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

  • The Chef's peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”)). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, and chief through Latin, and head and Howth through Proto-Indo-European.