"chef" meaning in Portuguese

See chef in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɛ.fi/ [Brazil], /ˈʃɛf/ [Brazil], /ˈʃɛf/ [Portugal], /ˈʃɛf/ [Portugal], /ˈt͡ʃɛf/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: chefs [plural]
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  1. alternative form of chefe (the head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant) Tags: alt-of, alternative, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Alternative form of: chefe (extra: the head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

Inflected forms

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