Where the Romanian word “chef” comes from
From Turkish.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (pl. -uri):
Din tc. keyf (lit. keyif).
→ Turkish · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Turkish (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Ottoman Turkish كیف ← Arabic كَيْف
- In film dialogue
- 40 times per million words · number 1,593 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 2.1 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 71 57 38 43 44 - Swap in a synonym
- voie (Old Slavic), dorință (Made in Romanian), petrecere (Made in Romanian), gust (Inherited Latin), poftă (Made in Romanian), veselie (Old Slavic), capriciu (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
haide, rahat, turc, cafea, cutie, tos, top, dușman, hain, han, șerif, tătar