chefe
Middle English
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- chefa (feminine only)
Etymology
Borrowed from French chef, from Old French chief, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput (“head”). Cognate of Spanish jefe and English chief. Doublet of chef, cabo, and caput.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ.fi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ.fe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ.f(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: che‧fe
Noun
chefe m or f by sense (plural chefes)
- chief, head, head man, boss
- Synonyms: gerente, administrador, capataz, controlador, feitor, organizador, superintendente, supervisor
- chieftain
- Synonym: cacique
- (heraldry) chief
- (Brazil, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a waiter
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