Link Centre Dictionary

chef

UK/ʃɛf/ US/t͡ʃɛf/ common informal slang

noun

1.

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • Chef Mike
  • chef salad
  • chef up
  • chef watcher
  • chef's kiss
  • head chef
  • pastry chef
  • short-order chef
  • station chef

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.