See chefe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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"ipa": "/ˈʃɛ.fi/",
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"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛ.fi/",
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"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛ.fe/",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛ.fɨ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛ.fɨ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛ.fɨ/",
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"Northern",
"Portugal"
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},
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"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese nouns with multiple genders",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from French",
"Portuguese terms derived from French",
"Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
"Portuguese terms derived from Old French",
"Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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"Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛfi",
"Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛfi/2 syllables",
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"pt:Cooking",
"pt:Leaders",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "chefe de estado"
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{
"word": "chefe de família"
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{
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{
"word": "chefete"
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{
"word": "chefia"
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{
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{
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],
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{
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"masculine"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛ.fi/",
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"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛ.fe/",
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"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛ.fɨ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛ.fɨ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛ.fɨ/",
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"Northern",
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]
},
{
"rhymes": "(Brazil) -ɛfi"
},
{
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}
],
"word": "chefe"
}
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