# шеф
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃɛf]
* Homophone: шев (šev)

### Noun

шеф • (šef) m (feminine ше́фка)
* male boss, male leader, male chief, male manager, male director, head man

#### Declension
## Macedonian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French chef.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃɛf]

### Noun

шеф • (šef) m (plural шефови, feminine шефица, relational adjective шефовски, diminutive шефче)
* boss

#### Declension
## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from French chef. Slavic cognates include Polish szef, Serbo-Croatian шеф / šef and Slovak šéf.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃɛf]
* Rhymes: -ɛf
* Hyphenation: шеф

### Noun

шеф (šef) m pers (feminine equivalent шефица, related adjective шефовски)
* chief, boss, head, manager
    Synonyms: бос (bos), началнїк (načalnjik)
    справує ше яґод даяки шеф ― spravuje še jagod dajaki šef ― he is behaving like some sort of boss

#### Related terms

* шефовац impf (šefovac)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “шеф”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “boss”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 41

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* шефъ (šef) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French chef.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʂɛf]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

шеф • (šef) m anim (genitive ше́фа, nominative plural ше́фы, genitive plural ше́фов)
* boss, chief
* patron, sponsor

#### Related terms

* шеф-по́вар (šef-póvar)
* ше́фство (šéfstvo)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: շեֆ (šef)
* → Georgian: შეფი (šepi)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Chef, from French chef.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃêf/, [ʂêf]

### Noun

ше̏ф m (Latin spelling šȅf)
* chief, boss, manager, director, head
** 2022, Марија Јанковић, “Избори у Србији 2022: Ко су кандидати за председника Србије”, in BBC Njuz‎:Гласачи у Србији 3. априла бираће шефа државе, највишег функционера за кога могу директно да гласају.Glasači u Srbiji 3. aprila biraće šefa države, najvišeg funkcionera za koga mogu direktno da glasaju.On April 3, voters in Serbia will elect the head of state, the highest official for whom they can vote directly.

#### Declension
### References

* “шеф”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French chef.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃɛf]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

шеф • (šef) m pers (genitive ше́фа, nominative plural ше́фи, genitive plural ше́фів)
* chief, head, boss
    Synonyms: бос m (bos), нача́льник m (načálʹnyk), керівни́к m (kerivnýk)
* patron, sponsor

#### Related terms

* ше́фство n (šéfstvo)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “шеф”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “шеф”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “шеф”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “шеф”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “шеф”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “шеф”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)