chef — French to English

How French chef is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: chef (113 797), chefe (12), chefs (82 734). By style: everyday 237 · literary 28 · biblical 664 · parliamentary 6 363 · legal and administrative 9 905 · UN documents 179 346.

head

Used about 70 115 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 77 · parliamentary ≈ 3 115 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 468 · UN documents ≈ 61 443). Forms: head, heads. Meaning: head in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Aucun des chefs d'État précédents n'a amélioré les conditions de vie des Français.

  None of the former heads of state improved the standard of living of the French.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and shekitten · checked, community translation · #3272771 #3272772

• Enjolras était bien le chef de la barricade, mais Marius en était le sauveur.

  Enjolras was certainly the head of the barricade, but Marius was its savior.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25710

• Il y aura avec vous un homme par tribu, chef de la maison de ses pères.

  With you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers’ house.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 1:4

• Pendant ce temps, les chefs de la maffia des mendiants vivent dans des villas luxueuses.

  Meanwhile, the heads of the begging mafia are living in luxury villas.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1454835

• Le chef de délégation suisse

  The Head of the Swiss Delegation

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 8774

chief

Used about 44 766 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 133 · parliamentary ≈ 398 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 032 · UN documents ≈ 43 176). Meaning: chief in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Mayas est un greffier en chef.

  Mayas is a chief notary.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rafik and rul · checked, community translation · #13378516 #9137070

• --L'élection d'un général en chef, sans doute? demanda Mr. Fogg.

  “The election of a general-in-chief, no doubt?” asked Mr. Fogg.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2137

• Fils de Guerschom: Schebuel, le chef.

  The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 23:16

• L’OTAN a pour commandant en chef un Américain.

  We have ΝΑΤΟ with an American commander-in-chief.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 820068

• Chef d'état-major de la police

  Chief of Police Headquarters

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2112855

leader

Used about 17 732 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 1 061 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 651 · UN documents ≈ 14 946). Forms: leader, leaders. Meaning: leader in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Tu es le chef.

  You're the leader.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2218429 #2228993

• --Quel était votre chef?

  “Who was your leader?”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18407

• Et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: Nommons un chef, et retournons en Égypte.

  They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 14:4

• C'est Jiří Paroubek, le chef des sociaux-démocrates tchèques.

  It was Jiří Paroubek, leader of the Czech social democrats.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1238603

• Membre du Conseil de la Douma d’État; chef du parti LDPR.

  Member of the Council of the State Duma; leader of the LDPR party.

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5159332

More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

• Le sergent et le sergent-chef, grades de sous-officiers subalternes, assurent l’encadrement direct des militaires du rang.

  The sergeant and staff sergeant, as junior NCOs, provide direct supervision of enlisted personnel.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · #13362851 #13362843

• J'ai peur de mon chef.

  I'm afraid of my boss.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Barra · checked, community translation · #5160950 #6474133

• Mary est chef de chœur.

  Mary is the choir mistress.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #6697379 #6697805

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