English → Arabic
chef in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- shīf
- Arabizi
shif- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- شِيفَاتٌ shīfāt
How to use it
In modern Arabic the borrowed word شيف (shīf) is the most common term for a professional cook, especially in restaurants. It behaves like a masculine noun. The older Arabic word طَاهٍ (ṭāhin) is also correct but less used in everyday speech.
Example sentences
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الْشِيفُ يُعِدُّ الطَّبْقَ الأَسْوَدَ.
al-shīfu yuʿiddu al-ṭabaqa al-aswada.
The chef prepares the black dish.
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قَدْ فَازَ الشِيفُ بِجَائِزَةِ الطَّهْوَةِ.
qad fāza al-shīfu bi-jāʾizat al-ṭahwati.
The chef won the cooking award.
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سَأَلْتُ الشِيفَ عَنِ المَكْسُورَاتِ.
saʾaltu al-shīfa ʿani al-maksūrāti.
I asked the chef about the desserts.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Chef: Oh.
شيف: أوه.
Chef: Do you?
شيف: حقا؟
Chef: You can't?
شيف: لا تستطيع؟
Chef: For cream?
شيف: للقشدة؟
Fadil was the head chef.
كان فاضل الطّبّاخ الرّئيسي.
Chef: No, but that's all it is.
شيف: لا، ولكن هذه هي الفكرة منه.
I went to chef school in France.
ذهبت الى مدرسة الطهاه في فرنسا
a woman should be a chef in the kitchen
المرأة ينبغي لها أن تكون شيف مطبخ
(Signed) Mark Malloch Brown Chef de Cabinet
(توقيع) مارك مالوك براون رئيس ديوان الأمين العام
There's a chef in Spain named Ferran Adria.
هناك طاهي في اسبانيا اسمه فيران ادريا
Chef de Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs
رئيس ديوان وزير الخارجية
Chef de Cabinet and Non-governmental organization Liaison
دائرة المراسم والاتصال
Questions and answers
Is "طاهٍ" interchangeable with "شيف"?
Both mean a cook, but شيف is the modern, everyday term; طاهٍ sounds formal or literary.
How do I make the plural of شيف?
The regular plural is شيفات (shīfāt).
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