"シェフ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕe̞ɸɯ̟̊] Forms: shefu [romanization]
Etymology: From French chef (“chief”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|fr|chef|sort=しぇふ|t=chief}} French chef (“chief”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} シェフ • (shefu)
  1. head chef; chef de cuisine
    Sense id: en-シェフ-ja-noun-nDkcjXU3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. chef, cook Synonyms (head cook): 料理長 (ryōri-chō), コック長 (kokku-chō)
    Sense id: en-シェフ-ja-noun-m7yA-ssP Disambiguation of 'head cook': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (any chef): 料理人 (ryōrinin), コック (kokku) Related terms: シェフズテーブル (shefuzu tēburu) (english: chef's table)
Disambiguation of 'any chef': 48 52

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Download raw JSONL data for シェフ meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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