šef in All languages combined

IPA: /ʃêf/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Borrowed from German Chef, from French chef. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sh|de|Chef}} Borrowed from German Chef, {{der|sh|fr|chef}} French chef Head templates: {{sh-noun|šȅf|m-an}} šȅf m anim (Cyrillic spelling ше̏ф) Forms: šȅf [animate, canonical, masculine], ше̏ф [Cyrillic], no-table-tags [table-tags], šȅf [nominative, singular], šȅfovi [nominative, plural], šefa [genitive, singular], šefova [genitive, plural], šefu [dative, singular], šefovima [dative, plural], šefa [accusative, singular], šefove [accusative, plural], šefe [singular, vocative], šefovi [plural, vocative], šefu [locative, singular], šefovima [locative, plural], šefom [instrumental, singular], šefovima [instrumental, plural]

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Chef"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from German Chef",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "chef"
      },
      "expansion": "French chef",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Chef, from French chef.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "šȅf",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ше̏ф",
      "links": [
        [
          "ше̏ф",
          "шеф"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šȅf",
      "links": [
        [
          "šȅf",
          "šef#Serbo-Croatian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šȅfovi",
      "links": [
        [
          "šȅfovi",
          "šefovi#Serbo-Croatian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefova",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefovima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefove",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefovi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefovima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefovima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "šȅf",
        "2": "m-an"
      },
      "expansion": "šȅf m anim (Cyrillic spelling ше̏ф)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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            [
              34,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "english": "On April 3, voters in Serbia will elect the head of state, the highest official for whom they can vote directly.",
          "ref": "2022, Marija Janković, “Izbori u Srbiji 2022: Ko su kandidati za predsednika Srbije”, in BBC Njuz:",
          "text": "Glasači u Srbiji 3. aprila biraće šefa države, najvišeg funkcionera za koga mogu direktno da glasaju.",
          "translation": "On April 3, voters in Serbia will elect the head of state, the highest official for whom they can vote directly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chief, boss, manager, director, head"
      ],
      "id": "en-šef-sh-noun--bxZ2DBw",
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ],
        [
          "manager",
          "manager"
        ],
        [
          "director",
          "director"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃêf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "šef"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Chef"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from German Chef",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "chef"
      },
      "expansion": "French chef",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Chef, from French chef.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "šȅf",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ше̏ф",
      "links": [
        [
          "ше̏ф",
          "шеф"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šȅf",
      "links": [
        [
          "šȅf",
          "šef#Serbo-Croatian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šȅfovi",
      "links": [
        [
          "šȅfovi",
          "šefovi#Serbo-Croatian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefova",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefovima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefove",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefovi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefovima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šefovima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "šȅf",
        "2": "m-an"
      },
      "expansion": "šȅf m anim (Cyrillic spelling ше̏ф)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Serbo-Croatian animate nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
        "Serbo-Croatian masculine animate nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from German",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from French",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from German",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with quotations"
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              38
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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              48
            ]
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          "english": "On April 3, voters in Serbia will elect the head of state, the highest official for whom they can vote directly.",
          "ref": "2022, Marija Janković, “Izbori u Srbiji 2022: Ko su kandidati za predsednika Srbije”, in BBC Njuz:",
          "text": "Glasači u Srbiji 3. aprila biraće šefa države, najvišeg funkcionera za koga mogu direktno da glasaju.",
          "translation": "On April 3, voters in Serbia will elect the head of state, the highest official for whom they can vote directly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chief, boss, manager, director, head"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ],
        [
          "manager",
          "manager"
        ],
        [
          "director",
          "director"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃêf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "šef"
}

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"šef" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [Serbo-Croatian]