chef
/shĕf/
noun
  1. A chief or head person.
  2. The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc.
  3. (Her.) Same as Chief.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. More at Wordnik
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EasyPronunciation
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Chef — Pronunciation: HD Slow Audio + Phonetic Transcription
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Cambridge Dictionary
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How to pronounce CHEF in English
How to pronounce chef · Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio · UK/ʃef/ Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio · US/ʃef/ More about phonetic symbols · Sound-by-sound pronunciation · Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio · UK/ʃef/ chef · Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio ·
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YouGlish
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Chef | 891 pronunciations of Chef in British English
Sound it Out: Break down the word 'chef' into its individual sounds "shef". Say these sounds out loud, exaggerating them at first.
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Myefe
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chef - transcription, translation and pronunciation online - Myefe
December 1, 2020 - Transcription and pronunciation of the word "chef" in British and American variants. Detailed translation and examples.
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Promova
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How to Pronounce chef in English | Promova
chef · Definition: (nou) a professional cook · Phonetic Transcription: ʃef · Examples: The chef cooked the dish with tendinous part. The rest of the precinct believe the murderer is a restaurant chef. The chef cooked an ambrosial meal for the royal family.
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Wiktionary
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chef - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine),[1] from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (possibly related to English cap (“head covering”)).
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AccentHero
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How to pronounce chef: examples and online exercises
the above transcription of chef is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.
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ShowMeWord
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Chef: definition, pronunciation, transcription, word forms, examples
Definition of the English word 'chef', American and British pronunciation, transcription, word forms, examples
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Bab.la
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How to pronounce 'chef' in English? - Bab.la
English volume_up Chef: The reason he thought that is because buttermilk is so wonderfully thick and delicious.
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Quora
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Why is the word 'chef' pronounced with a 'ch' sound, but the words 'cheese' and 'chemistry' are not? - Quora
Answer (1 of 5): The simple answer is that there is more than one way to pronounce ch. The slightly more thorough answer is that chef comes from French, whereas the others do not. Cheese, or so I’ve read, comes from Old English. You’ll come across this kind of thing alllllllllll the time ...
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Phonemicchart
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How to write CHEF in phonetic script:
This page transcribes words to and from Received English (RP) pronunciation, which is the pronunciation scheme most dictionaries use. You can type in any word in either English (Roman alphabet) letters or phonemic script, and it will do its best to transcribe it for you.
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Oxford English Dictionary
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chef, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
new or updated pronunciations (transcriptions and audio files); new or revised etymological information and improved coverage of variant spellings; new senses or phrases added in print and online updates since OED2 (1989). Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into chef, n.
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Macmillan Dictionary
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chef - pronunciation of chef by Macmillan Dictionary
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Xoxomary
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How to Pronounce chef | American English Pronunciation | XOXOMary
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