"chef" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɛf/ Audio: En-au-chef.ogg [Australia] Forms: chefs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛf Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap (“head covering”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head). Doublet of chief and caput. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|chef}} Unadapted borrowing from French chef, {{der|en|fro|chief||head, leader}} Old French chief (“head, leader”), {{doublet|en|chief|notext=1}} chief, {{der|en|VL.|capus||head}} Vulgar Latin capus (“head”), {{m|en|captain}} captain, {{m|en|chieftain}} chieftain, {{der|en|la|caput||head}} Latin caput (“head”), {{m|en|cap||head covering}} cap (“head covering”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kauput-}} Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, {{m|en|head}} head, {{doublet|en|chief|caput}} Doublet of chief and caput Head templates: {{en-noun}} chef (plural chefs)
  1. The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
    Sense id: en-chef-en-noun-3eT0UZqA
  2. The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment. Translations (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant): sjef (Afrikaans), gjellëtar [masculine] (Albanian), طَاهٍ (ṭāhin) [indefinite, masculine] (Arabic), طَاهِي (ṭāhī) [construct, masculine] (Arabic), شِيف (šīf) [masculine] (Arabic), طَاهِيَة (ṭāhiya) [feminine] (Arabic), شيف (šēf) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), طَبَّاخ (ṭabbāḵ) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), շեֆ-խոհարար (šef-xoharar) (Armenian), baş aşpaz (Azerbaijani), шэф-куха́р (šef-kuxár) [masculine] (Belarusian), বাবুর্চি (baburci) (Bengali), гла́вен готва́ч (gláven gotváč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), xef [masculine] (Catalan), юургйийриг (juwrgjiı̇rig) (Chechen), 廚師 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 厨师 (tû-su) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 廚子師 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 厨子师 (tô͘-chí-sai) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 廚子 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 厨子 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 刀子 (to-chí) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 總舖師 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 总铺师 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 總舖 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 总铺 (chóng-phò͘) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 廚師 (Chinese Cantonese), 厨师 (cyu⁴ si¹, ceoi⁴ si¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 大廚 (Chinese Cantonese), 大厨 (alt: daai⁶ cyu⁴⁻², daai⁶ ceoi⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 廚師 (Chinese Mandarin), 厨师 (chúshī) (Chinese Mandarin), šéfkuchař [masculine] (Czech), chef-kok [masculine] (Dutch), ĉefkuiristo (Esperanto), peakokk (Estonian), keittiömestari (Finnish), kokki (Finnish), chef cuisinier [masculine] (French), chef [masculine] (French), xefe de cociña [masculine] (Galician), მზარეული (mzareuli) (Georgian), შეფ-მზარეული (šep-mzareuli) (Georgian), შეფი (šepi) (Georgian), Chefkoch [masculine] (German), Chefköchin [feminine] (German), Küchenchef [masculine] (German), Küchenchefin [feminine] (German), αρχιμάγειρος (archimágeiros) [masculine] (Greek), שֶׁף (shef) [masculine] (Hebrew), बावरची (bāvarcī) [masculine] (Hindi), séf (Hungarian), kokkur [masculine] (Icelandic), yfirmatsveinn [masculine] (Icelandic), matreiðslumaður [masculine] (Icelandic), matsveinn [masculine] (Icelandic), koqueyestro (Ido), capocuoco [masculine] (Italian), 料理人 (ryōrinin) (alt: りょうりにん) (Japanese), 調理師 (chōrishi) (alt: ちょうりし) (Japanese), シェフ (shefu) (Japanese), コック (kokku) (Japanese), ចុងភៅធំ (congphɨw thom) (Khmer), 요리사 (yorisa) (alt: 料理師) (Korean), 료리사 (ryorisa) (alt: 料理師) [North-Korea] (Korean), 주방장 (jubangjang) (alt: 廚房長) (Korean), 셰프 (syepeu) (Korean), šefpavārs [masculine] (Latvian), vyriausias virėjas [masculine] (Lithuanian), šefas [masculine] (Lithuanian), шеф на кујна (šef na kujna) [masculine] (Macedonian), xeff [masculine] (Maltese), ard-choagyrey [masculine] (Manx), chʼiyáán ííłʼíní (Navajo), kjøkkensjef [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kjøkensjef [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kjøkkensjef [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), سرآشپز (sar-âšpaz) (Persian), szef kuchni [masculine] (Polish), szefowa kuchni [feminine] (Polish), kuchmistrz [masculine] (Polish), kuchmistrzyni [feminine] (Polish), chef [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), bucătar-șef [masculine] (Romanian), шеф-по́вар (šef-póvar) [masculine] (Russian), по́вар (póvar) [masculine] (Russian), ста́рший ко́к (stáršij kók) (english: ship's cook) (Russian), главни кувар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), glavni kuhar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šéfkuchár [masculine] (Slovak), glavni kuhar [masculine] (Slovene), glavna kuharica [feminine] (Slovene), chef [masculine] (Spanish), mpishi mkuu (Swahili), köksmästare [common-gender] (Swedish), kock [common-gender] (Swedish), หัวหน้าพ่อครัว (hǔua-nâa-pɔ̂ɔ-kruua) (Thai), เชฟ (chéep) (Thai), şef (Turkish), шеф-куха́р (šef-kuxár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), باورچی (bāvarcī) [masculine] (Urdu), ئاشپەز (ashpez) (Uyghur), bếp trưởng (Vietnamese), kvisinal [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hikvisinal [masculine] (Volapük), jikvisinal [feminine] (Volapük), cogydd [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), pen-cogydd (english: 'head-chef') [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), sièff [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-chef-en-noun-YHp39sWJ Disambiguation of 'head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant': 6 55 12 20 7
  3. Any cook.
    Sense id: en-chef-en-noun-6unCr3bF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 24 27 11 3 28
  4. (slang) One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms (cook, particularly a learned or skilful one): magirist, magirologist [obsolete] Hypernyms (cook): cook
    Sense id: en-chef-en-noun-RAnXAHZI Disambiguation of Occupations: 4 4 18 38 8 13 15 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 1 67 0 0 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 24 27 11 3 28 Disambiguation of 'cook, particularly a learned or skilful one': 12 11 26 50 1 Disambiguation of 'cook': 13 13 27 46 0
  5. (historical) A reliquary in the shape of a head. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-chef-en-noun-9MWVjvEh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 24 27 11 3 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ʃɛf/ Audio: En-au-chef.ogg [Australia] Forms: chefs [present, singular, third-person], cheffing [participle, present], chefing [participle, present, uncommon], cheffed [past], cheffed [participle, past], chefed [participle, past, uncommon]
Rhymes: -ɛf Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap (“head covering”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head). Doublet of chief and caput. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|chef}} Unadapted borrowing from French chef, {{der|en|fro|chief||head, leader}} Old French chief (“head, leader”), {{doublet|en|chief|notext=1}} chief, {{der|en|VL.|capus||head}} Vulgar Latin capus (“head”), {{m|en|captain}} captain, {{m|en|chieftain}} chieftain, {{der|en|la|caput||head}} Latin caput (“head”), {{m|en|cap||head covering}} cap (“head covering”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kauput-}} Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, {{m|en|head}} head, {{doublet|en|chief|caput}} Doublet of chief and caput Head templates: {{en-verb||past_ptc2=chefed|past_ptc2_qual=now less common|pres_ptc2=chefing|pres_ptc2_qual=now less common}} chef (third-person singular simple present chefs, present participle cheffing or (now less common) chefing, simple past cheffed, past participle cheffed or (now less common) chefed)
  1. (stative, informal) To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally. Tags: informal, stative
    Sense id: en-chef-en-verb-tqGbV6-Z
  2. (MLE, transitive) To stab with a knife, to shank. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, transitive
    Sense id: en-chef-en-verb-F7taEOGf Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 24 27 11 3 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 1 24 24 15 4 31

Inflected forms

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          "word": "شِيف"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṭāhiya",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "طَاهِيَة"
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          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šēf",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṭabbāḵ",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "طَبَّاخ"
        },
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "šef-xoharar",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "շեֆ-խոհարար"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "baş aşpaz"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "šef-kuxár",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "шэф-куха́р"
        },
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "baburci",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "বাবুর্চি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gláven gotváč",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "гла́вен готва́ч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "xef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "juwrgjiı̇rig",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "юургйийриг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "廚師"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "cyu⁴ si¹, ceoi⁴ si¹",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "厨师"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "大廚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "alt": "daai⁶ cyu⁴⁻², daai⁶ ceoi⁴⁻²",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "大厨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "廚師"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "tû-su",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "厨师"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "廚子師"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "tô͘-chí-sai",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "厨子师"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "廚子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "厨子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "to-chí",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "刀子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "總舖師"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "总铺师"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "總舖"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "chóng-phò͘",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "总铺"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "廚師"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chúshī",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "厨师"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šéfkuchař"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chef-kok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "ĉefkuiristo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "peakokk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "keittiömestari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "kokki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chef cuisinier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xefe de cociña"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mzareuli",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "მზარეული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šep-mzareuli",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "შეფ-მზარეული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šepi",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "შეფი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Chefkoch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Chefköchin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Küchenchef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Küchenchefin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "archimágeiros",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αρχιμάγειρος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shef",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שֶׁף"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bāvarcī",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "बावरची"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "séf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kokkur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "yfirmatsveinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "matreiðslumaður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "matsveinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "koqueyestro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capocuoco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "alt": "りょうりにん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ryōrinin",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "料理人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "alt": "ちょうりし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chōrishi",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "調理師"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shefu",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "シェフ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kokku",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "コック"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "congphɨw thom",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "ចុងភៅធំ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "alt": "料理師",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yorisa",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "요리사"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "alt": "料理師",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ryorisa",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korea"
          ],
          "word": "료리사"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "alt": "廚房長",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jubangjang",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "주방장"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "syepeu",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "셰프"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šefpavārs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vyriausias virėjas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šefas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "šef na kujna",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шеф на кујна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xeff"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ard-choagyrey"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "chʼiyáán ííłʼíní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kjøkkensjef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kjøkensjef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kjøkkensjef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sar-âšpaz",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "سرآشپز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szef kuchni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "szefowa kuchni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kuchmistrz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kuchmistrzyni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bucătar-șef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šef-póvar",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шеф-по́вар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "póvar",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по́вар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "ship's cook",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stáršij kók",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "ста́рший ко́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "главни кувар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glavni kuhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šéfkuchár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glavni kuhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "glavna kuharica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "mpishi mkuu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "köksmästare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kock"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "hǔua-nâa-pɔ̂ɔ-kruua",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "หัวหน้าพ่อครัว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chéep",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "เชฟ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "şef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šef-kuxár",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шеф-куха́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "bāvarcī",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "باورچی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "ashpez",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "ئاشپەز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "word": "bếp trưởng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kvisinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hikvisinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jikvisinal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cogydd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "cy",
          "english": "'head-chef'",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pen-cogydd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 55 12 20 7",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sièff"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "My husband is the chef of the household, while I do most of the cleaning.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "roman": "ṭāhī",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "طَاهِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šīf",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شِيف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭāhiya",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "طَاهِيَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šēf",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شيف"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭabbāḵ",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "طَبَّاخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šef-xoharar",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "շեֆ-խոհարար"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "baş aşpaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šef-kuxár",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шэф-куха́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "baburci",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "বাবুর্চি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gláven gotváč",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́вен готва́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xef"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "juwrgjiı̇rig",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "юургйийриг"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "廚師"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cyu⁴ si¹, ceoi⁴ si¹",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "厨师"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "大廚"
    },
    {
      "alt": "daai⁶ cyu⁴⁻², daai⁶ ceoi⁴⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "大厨"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "廚師"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "tû-su",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "厨师"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "廚子師"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "tô͘-chí-sai",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "厨子师"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "廚子"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "厨子"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "to-chí",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "刀子"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "總舖師"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "总铺师"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "總舖"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "chóng-phò͘",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "总铺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "廚師"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chúshī",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "厨师"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šéfkuchař"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef-kok"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "ĉefkuiristo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "peakokk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "keittiömestari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "kokki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef cuisinier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xefe de cociña"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mzareuli",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "მზარეული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šep-mzareuli",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "შეფ-მზარეული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šepi",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "შეფი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Chefkoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chefköchin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Küchenchef"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Küchenchefin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archimágeiros",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αρχιμάγειρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shef",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שֶׁף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bāvarcī",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बावरची"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "séf"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kokkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yfirmatsveinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matreiðslumaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matsveinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "koqueyestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capocuoco"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りょうりにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryōrinin",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "料理人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょうりし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chōrishi",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "調理師"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shefu",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "シェフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kokku",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "コック"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "congphɨw thom",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "ចុងភៅធំ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "料理師",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yorisa",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "요리사"
    },
    {
      "alt": "料理師",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ryorisa",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "료리사"
    },
    {
      "alt": "廚房長",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jubangjang",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "주방장"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "syepeu",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "셰프"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šefpavārs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vyriausias virėjas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šefas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šef na kujna",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шеф на кујна"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeff"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-choagyrey"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "chʼiyáán ííłʼíní"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kjøkkensjef"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kjøkensjef"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kjøkkensjef"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sar-âšpaz",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "سرآشپز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szef kuchni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szefowa kuchni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kuchmistrz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kuchmistrzyni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bucătar-șef"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šef-póvar",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шеф-по́вар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póvar",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́вар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "ship's cook",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stáršij kók",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "ста́рший ко́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "главни кувар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glavni kuhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šéfkuchár"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glavni kuhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glavna kuharica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "mpishi mkuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "köksmästare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kock"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hǔua-nâa-pɔ̂ɔ-kruua",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "หัวหน้าพ่อครัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chéep",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "เชฟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "şef"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šef-kuxár",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шеф-куха́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bāvarcī",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "باورچی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ashpez",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "ئاشپەز"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "word": "bếp trưởng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvisinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hikvisinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jikvisinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cogydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "english": "'head-chef'",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pen-cogydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sièff"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "chef"
  ],
  "word": "chef"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English unadapted borrowings from French",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛf",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛf/1 syllable",
    "en:Occupations",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ше́фнуть",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ше́фнуть (šéfnutʹ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ше́фнуть (šéfnutʹ)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "chef"
      },
      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from French chef",
      "name": "ubor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "chief",
        "4": "",
        "5": "head, leader"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French chief (“head, leader”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chief",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "chief",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "capus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin capus (“head”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "captain"
      },
      "expansion": "captain",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chieftain"
      },
      "expansion": "chieftain",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "caput",
        "4": "",
        "5": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin caput (“head”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cap",
        "3": "",
        "4": "head covering"
      },
      "expansion": "cap (“head covering”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kauput-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kauput-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "head",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chief",
        "3": "caput"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of chief and caput",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap (“head covering”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head). Doublet of chief and caput.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chefs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheffing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chefing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheffed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheffed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chefed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "past_ptc2": "chefed",
        "past_ptc2_qual": "now less common",
        "pres_ptc2": "chefing",
        "pres_ptc2_qual": "now less common"
      },
      "expansion": "chef (third-person singular simple present chefs, present participle cheffing or (now less common) chefing, simple past cheffed, past participle cheffed or (now less common) chefed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English stative verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1953, The Deke Quarterly, volume 71, number 4, page 32",
          "text": "It was Brick who talked on alumni relations with the active chapters and who cheffed at our steak fry (more of that later) and Mrs. Cowles who took over […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Sonora Review, number 31, page 110",
          "text": "I cheffed part-time at a nice restaurant in town.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Indianapolis Monthly, page 68",
          "text": "He opened Oakleys in 2002, having formerly cheffed at the late, much-missed Something Different and, before that, world-renowned kitchens in Chicago […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, William Sitwell, The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out, Simon and Schuster",
          "text": "A man called Richard Briggs cheffed at the Globe Tavern on Fleet Street, the White Hart Tavern in Holborn and the Temple Coffee House.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative, informal) To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "stative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Multicultural London English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got cheffed up proper.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, “Skeng Man”, ASAP of 67 (lyrics)",
          "text": "Still on my knife work chef him up with that rambo",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 June 13, @louistheroux, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-11-08",
          "text": "Child just said he'd \"chef me up\". I said not hungry, but it restored my faith in young generation, offering to cook for strangers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 9, “Pallance 2.0”, Taze of SMG (lyrics)",
          "text": "He got cheffed in the A in the head",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 16, “Ks On Who”, Sav12 of 12World (lyrics)",
          "roman": "He tripped up and got cheffed",
          "text": "Third time he was out of luck",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 October 9, Manuel Petrovic, quotee, “Jodie Chesney: Killer targeted 'wrong people' court told”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2019-11-06",
          "text": "Asked how he knew that, he replied: \"Uh? Because I know that ... It was to do with Svenson's op - they cheffed him up a couple of month or something, a couple of months before.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stab with a knife, to shank."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ],
        [
          "knife",
          "knife"
        ],
        [
          "shank",
          "shank"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(MLE, transitive) To stab with a knife, to shank."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Multicultural-London-English",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɛf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛf"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/En-au-chef.ogg/En-au-chef.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/En-au-chef.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "chef"
  ],
  "word": "chef"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tô͘-chí vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "chef"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "chef",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": chóng-phò͘-sai vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "chef"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "chef",
  "trace": ""
}

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