"chief" meaning in Englisch

See chief in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: tʃiːf Forms: chief [positive]
Etymology: altfranzösisch chief, im Mittelenglisch seit dem 14. Jahrhundert belegt, über Vulgärlatein von lateinisch caput ^(→ la)
  1. die meiste Wichtigkeit besitzend
    Sense id: de-chief-en-adj--7Ikq~J5
  2. den höchsten Rang besitzend
    Sense id: de-chief-en-adj-~qVDLwHE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chiefly, editor-in-chief, Chefredakteur, commander-in-chief, Oberbefehlshaber Translations (den höchsten Rang besitzend): oberste (Deutsch), erste (Deutsch) Translations (die meiste Wichtigkeit besitzend): wichtigste (Deutsch), bedeutendste (Deutsch)

Noun

IPA: tʃiːf Audio: En-us-chief.ogg , En-us-chiefs.ogg Forms: the chief [singular], the chiefs [plural]
Etymology: seit dem 15. Jahrhundert als Substantiv belegt
  1. die letztlich verantwortliche oder weisungsbefugte Person einer Organisation
    Sense id: de-chief-en-noun-fGYhjEty
  2. die führende oder waltende Person eines Klans oder Volksstamms
    Sense id: de-chief-en-noun-IjcSTHQp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (die führende oder waltende Person eines Klans oder Volksstamms): Oberhaupt [neuter] (Deutsch), Anführer [masculine] (Deutsch), Häuptling [masculine] (Deutsch) Translations (die letztlich verantwortliche oder weisungsbefugte Person einer Organisation): Chef (Deutsch), Chefin (Deutsch), Oberhaupt (Deutsch), capo (Italienisch)

Inflected forms

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