Noun: xefe
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | xefe |
| Singular f | xefa |
| Plural m | xefes |
| Plural f | xefas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like xefe
xastre,
elefante,
vicepresidente,
alcaiote,
monxe,
vellote,
servente,
aquele,
mestre,
presidente,
contramestre,
xefe,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. substratebor.?
3. Proto-Indo-European *kap-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *kap-
5. Proto-Indo-European *káput
6. Proto-Italic *kaput
7. Latin caput
8. Vulgar Latin capus
9. Old French chief
10. Middle French chief
11. French chefbor.
12. Galician xefe
13. Borrowed from French chef. Compare Spanish jefe, Asturian xefe. See: Spanish Nouns '
jefe', Asturian Nouns '
xefe'.
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