chef
Spanish, noun/ˈt͡ʃef/
chef is spelled C-H-E-F (4 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,770th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chef is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “chef, head cook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que dirige las tareas en la cocina de un restaurante o establecimiento similar”.
What does chef mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que dirige las tareas en la cocina de un restaurante o establecimiento similar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chef
- chefs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chef?
- /ˈt͡ʃef/
- [ˈt͡ʃef]
- /ˈʃef/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chef
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chef in Spanish?
chef appears 7.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).