"sous-chef" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sous-chefs [plural]
Etymology: From French sous-chef. Compare Italian sotto capo, which was calqued into English as underboss. Perhaps there was ultimately an unattested term *subcaput in Late Latin, with a variant *subciput. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sous-chef}} French sous-chef, {{m|en|underboss}} underboss Head templates: {{en-noun}} sous-chef (plural sous-chefs)
  1. (cooking) The chef underneath the head chef in the chef's hierarchy. Categories (topical): Cooking, Occupations, People Related terms: cook, executive chef, short-order cook, underchef Coordinate_terms: chef, line cook, prep cook Translations (chef underneath the head chef): 副廚 (Chinese Mandarin), 副厨 (fùchú) (alt: ㄈˋㄔㄨˊ) (Chinese Mandarin), apukokki (Finnish), subchefe [masculine] (Portuguese), sous-chef [masculine] (Portuguese), bếp phó (Vietnamese)

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