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sous-chef

sous-chef noun: the chef underneath the head chef in the chef's hierarchy.

Noun

sous-chef (plural sous-chefs)

  1. The chef underneath the head chef in the chef's hierarchy.

sous-chef meaning in Indonesian and Vietnamese

sous-chef in Indonesian

chef underneath the head chef
asisten kepala juru masak

sous-chef in Vietnamese

chef underneath the head chef
bếp phó

Forms of sous-chef

pluralsous-chefs

Origin of sous-chef

From French sous-chef. Compare Italian sotto capo, which was calqued into English as underboss. Perhaps there was ultimately an unattested term *subcaput in Late Latin, with a variant *subciput.

Questions about sous-chef

What does sous-chef mean?
Sous-chef means the chef underneath the head chef in the chef's hierarchy.
What is sous-chef in Indonesian?
Sous-chef in Indonesian is asisten kepala juru masak. See Sous-chef meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is sous-chef?
Sous-chef is a noun.
What is the plural of sous-chef?
The plural of sous-chef is sous-chefs.

Words near sous-chef in the dictionary

  1. sous
  2. sous chef
  3. sous chefs
  4. sous vide
  5. sous-
  6. sous-chef
  7. sous-chefs
  8. sous-vide
  9. sous-vided
  10. sous-vides
  11. sous-viding

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