Chef Definition

shĕf
chefs
noun
A cook in charge of a kitchen, as of a restaurant; head cook.
Webster's New World
Any cook.
Webster's New World

Any cook.

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Noun

Singular:
chef
Plural:
chefs

Origin of Chef

  • Borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Late Latin capum (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap (“head covering”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head).

    From Wiktionary

  • French short for chef de cuisine head of the kitchen chief

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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