Bulgarian

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шеф (šefm (feminine ше́фка)

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

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Macedonian

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Borrowed from French chef.

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шеф (šefm (plural шефови, feminine шефица, relational adjective шефовски, diminutive шефче)

  1. boss

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Russian

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Borrowed from French chef.

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  • IPA(key): [ʂɛf]
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шеф (šefm anim (genitive ше́фа, nominative plural ше́фы, genitive plural ше́фов)

  1. boss, chief
  2. patron, sponsor

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

Serbo-Croatian

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From German Chef, from French chef.

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ше̏ф m (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.

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References

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  • шеф” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

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Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from French chef.

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шеф (šefm 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

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