cheffer
French, verb/ʃɛ.fe/
cheffer is spelled C-H-E-F-F-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cheffer is a French verb meaning “synonym of dire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dire « chef »”.
What does cheffer mean in English?
verb
- 1
synonym of dire
- 2
to work as a chef
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dire « chef ». 2. Exercer un rôle de chef.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cheffer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- cheffant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- cheffé participle past
- cheffe first-person indicative present
- cheffes indicative present second-person
- cheffons first-person indicative plural
- cheffez indicative plural present
- cheffent indicative plural present
- cheffais first-person imperfect indicative
- cheffait imperfect indicative singular
- cheffions first-person imperfect indicative
- cheffiez imperfect indicative plural
- cheffaient imperfect indicative plural
- cheffai first-person historic indicative
- cheffas historic indicative past
- cheffa historic indicative past
- cheffâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cheffer?
- /ʃɛ.fe/
- /ʃe.fe/
- \ʃɛ.fe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cheffer in French?
cheffer appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).