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chef

/ʃɛf/

noun, masculine/ʃɛf/plural: chefs

head; article, principal point; principal motive, charge, count of indictment; chief; top third of a coat of arms

“opiner du chef” — to nod

Inherited from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-. Doublet of cap.

noun, masculine/ʃɛf/plural: chefs

a boss, chief, leader; a culinary chef, chief cook

“Le pape est le chef de l’Église.” — The pope is the head of the church.

Inherited from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-. Doublet of cap.