Kilo Lingo

/ʃef/

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Translation

A cook who runs the kitchen in a restaurant and decides what food is made.

Word origin

From French chef, meaning head or chief, short for chef de cuisine, the head of the kitchen. From Latin caput, a head.

Origin
French
Root
chef
English cognates
chief, captain

Grammar

Gender
Pluralchefs

Examples

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A chef works in a restaurant kitchen.

trained .

Being a chef is a job you learn.

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"Chefs" is the plural of "chef".

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