Grammatical class

Noun

chef

(now literary) head

Details

Syllables

chef

Phonetics

ʃɛf

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

315

Freq. (movies)

325

Freq. (news)

220

Sentences

Le pape est le chef de l’Église.

The pope is the head of the church.

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D’or au chef de gueules

Or, a chief gules

A1

Opiner du chef

To nod

A1

Oui, chef !

Yes, Sir!

A1

Tu es le chef.

You're the leader.

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Tu fais le chef.

You're bossy.

A1

Tom est le chef.

Tom is the leader.

A1

N'accuse pas le chef.

Don't accuse the leader.

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Il nous faut un nouveau chef.

We need a new leader.

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Les principaux chefs d’une demande

The main points of a request

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Le procureur a tenu à refaire une lecture des chefs d’accusation.

The prosecutor insisted on reading off the counts of indictment again.

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Créant dans des établissements de prestige de nombreuses recettes reprises ensuite par d’autres chefs, Escoffier a fait connaitre internationalement la cuisine française.

Creating in prestigious establishments caused many of his recipes to be later taken up by other cooks, and thus Escoffier made French cuisine internationally known.

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