Chef

//ʃɛf//

Synonyms for "chef" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Verb(3 words)
chibchingchive

Strong matches (21)

Noun(1 words)
magirist

Related words (36)

Noun(1 words)
magirologist

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

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capable of

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dbpedia genre

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derived

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desires

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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part of

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related to

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Translations

103 translations across 59 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • sjef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gjellëtar noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Arabic

4 entries
  • شيف noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • شِيف noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • طَاهٍ noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • طَاهِي noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Armenian

1 entries
  • շեֆ-խոհարար noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • baş aşpaz noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • шэф-куха́р noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বাবুর্চি noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • гла́вен готва́ч noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Catalan

1 entries
  • xef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Chechen

1 entries
  • юургйийриг noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 刀子 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • 廚子 /厨子 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • 廚子師 /厨子师 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • 廚師 /厨师 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 大廚 /大厨 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • 廚師 /厨师 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 廚師 /厨师 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Czech

1 entries
  • šéfkuchař noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Dutch

1 entries
  • chef-kok noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ĉefkuiristo noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Estonian

1 entries
  • peakokk noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Finnish

2 entries
  • keittiömestari noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • kokki noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

French

2 entries
  • chef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • chef cuisinier noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Galician

1 entries
  • xefe de cociña noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Georgian

3 entries
  • მზარეული noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • შეფ-მზარეული noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • შეფი noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

German

4 entries
  • Chefkoch noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • Chefköchin noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • Küchenchef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • Küchenchefin noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Greek

1 entries
  • αρχιμάγειρος noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שֶׁף noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Hindi

1 entries
  • बावरची noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • séf noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • kokkur noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • matreiðslumaður noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • matsveinn noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • yfirmatsveinn noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Ido

1 entries
  • koqueyestro noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Italian

1 entries
  • capocuoco noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Japanese

4 entries
  • コック noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • シェフ noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • 料理人 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • 調理師 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចុងភៅធំ noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Korean

4 entries
  • 료리사 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • 셰프 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • 요리사 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • 주방장 noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Latvian

1 entries
  • šefpavārs noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • vyriausias virėjas noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • šefas noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • шеф на кујна noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Maltese

1 entries
  • xeff noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-choagyrey noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼiyáán ííłʼíní noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kjøkkensjef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • kjøkensjef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • kjøkkensjef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Persian

1 entries
  • سرآشپز noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Polish

4 entries
  • kuchmistrz noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • kuchmistrzyni noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • szef kuchni noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • szefowa kuchni noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • chef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Romanian

1 entries
  • bucătar-șef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Russian

3 entries
  • по́вар noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • ста́рший ко́к noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • шеф-по́вар noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • glavni kuhar noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • главни кувар noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Slovak

1 entries
  • šéfkuchár noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Slovene

2 entries
  • glavna kuharica noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • glavni kuhar noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Spanish

1 entries
  • chef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mpishi mkuu noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kock noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • köksmästare noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Thai

2 entries
  • หัวหน้าพ่อครัว noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • เชฟ noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Turkish

1 entries
  • şef noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • шеф-куха́р noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Urdu

3 entries
  • آش پز noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • باورچی noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • طباخ noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئاشپەز noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bếp trưởng noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hikvisinal noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • jikvisinal noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • kvisinal noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Welsh

3 entries
  • cogydd noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • pen-cogydd noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)
  • sièff noun (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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It doesn't taste all that great for all the effort and technique the chef put into it.

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We call her a chef.

Source: tatoeba (249316)

Please tell the chef it was delicious.

Source: tatoeba (325799)

Our chef is very busy today.

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