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.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- culinarian
- cordon-bleu
- chef de cuisine
- head cook
- chef de cuisine (French)
- head of the kitchen
- cook
Other Word Forms of Chef
Noun
Singular:
chefPlural:
chefsOrigin of Chef
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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
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French short for chef de cuisine head of the kitchen chief
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
