"head chef" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-head chef.wav [US] Forms: head chefs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} head chef (plural head chefs)
  1. The main chef in a restaurant, in charge of the kitchen and of the team of other chefs. Synonyms: master chef, executive chef Hypernyms: chef, cook Derived forms: head chef and bottle washer Coordinate_terms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, subcook, undercook, chef de partie, station chef, line cook, chief cook and bottle washer Translations (main chef): 主廚 /主厨 (zhǔchú) (Chinese Mandarin), pääkokki (Finnish), keittiömestari (Finnish), Chefkoch [masculine] (German), Küchenchef [masculine] (German), główny kucharz [masculine] (Polish), chef [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), chef principal [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), köksmästare (Swedish), bếp trưởng (Vietnamese)

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