шеф

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛf]
• Homophone: шев (šev)

шеф • (šef) m (feminine ше́фка)

1. male boss, male leader, male chief, male manager, male director, head man

Borrowed from French chef.

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛf]

шеф • (šef) m (plural шефови, feminine шефица, relational adjective шефовски, diminutive шефче)

1. boss

Internationalism, ultimately from French chef. Slavic cognates include Polish szef, Serbo-Croatian шеф / šef and Slovak šéf.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛf]
• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Hyphenation: шеф

шеф (šef) m pers (feminine equivalent шефица, related adjective шефовски)

1. chief, boss, head, manager

   Synonyms: бос (bos), началнїк (načalnjik)

   справує ше яґод даяки шеф ― spravuje še jagod dajaki šef ― he is behaving like some sort of boss

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “шеф”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “boss”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 41

• шефъ (šef) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from French chef.

• IPA^(key): [ʂɛf]

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шеф • (šef) m anim (genitive ше́фа, nominative plural ше́фы, genitive plural ше́фов)

1. boss, chief
2. patron, sponsor

• шеф-по́вар (šef-póvar)
• ше́фство (šéfstvo)

• → Armenian: շեֆ (šef)
• → Georgian: შეფი (šepi)

Borrowed from German Chef, from French chef.

• IPA^(key): /ʃêf/, [ʂêf]

ше̏ф m anim (Latin spelling šȅf)

1. chief, boss, manager, director, head
   • 2022, Марија Јанковић, “Избори у Србији 2022: Ко су кандидати за председника Србије”, in BBC Njuz‎^[1]:

     Гласачи у Србији 3. априла бираће шефа државе, највишег функционера за кога могу директно да гласају.

     Glasači u Srbiji 3. aprila biraće šefa države, najvišeg funkcionera za koga mogu direktno da glasaju.

     On April 3, voters in Serbia will elect the head of state, the highest official for whom they can vote directly.

• “шеф”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from French chef.

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛf]

• Audio:

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шеф • (šef) m pers (genitive ше́фа, nominative plural ше́фи, genitive plural ше́фів)

1. chief, head, boss

   Synonyms: бос m (bos), нача́льник m (načálʹnyk), керівни́к m (kerivnýk)

2. patron, sponsor

• ше́фство n (šéfstvo)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “шеф”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “шеф”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “шеф”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “шеф”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “шеф”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “шеф”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)