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# 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](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/head/).

- 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](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#3272771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3272771) [\#3272772](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/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)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · 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](https://ebible.org/) · 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](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · 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](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/chief/).

- Mayas est un greffier en **chef**.
  Mayas is a **chief** notary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rafik and rul · checked, community translation · [\#13378516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13378516) [\#9137070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/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)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · 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](https://ebible.org/) · 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](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · 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](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/leader/).

- Tu es le **chef**.
  You're the **leader**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2218429](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2218429) [\#2228993](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2228993))

- --Quel était votre **chef**?
  “Who was your **leader**?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · 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](https://ebible.org/) · 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](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · 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](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362851) [\#13362843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362843))

- J'ai peur de mon **chef**.
  I'm afraid of my boss.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Barra · checked, community translation · [\#5160950](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5160950) [\#6474133](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6474133))

- Mary est **chef** de chœur.
  Mary is the choir mistress.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#6697379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6697379) [\#6697805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6697805))

## Grammar

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