sous-chef
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Noun edit
sous-chef (plural sous-chefs)
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
chef underneath the head chef
See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From sous- (“sub-”) + chef (“chief”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sous-chef m (plural sous-chefs, feminine sous-cheffe)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “sous-chef”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French sous-chef (“second-in-command”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sous-chef m (invariable)
- (cooking) sous-chef
- Synonym: sottocuoco