chief

Etymology
From, , from , , from (from which also , ), from  (possibly related to 🇨🇬), from. through Latin, and through Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

 * 1)  A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
 * 2)  The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
 * 3) The principal part or top of anything.
 * 1)  The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
 * 2) The principal part or top of anything.
 * 1) The principal part or top of anything.
 * 1) The principal part or top of anything.

Synonyms

 * chieftain
 * See also Thesaurus:boss

Hyponyms

 * chiefess (female chief)

Translations

 * Albanian:, pringj
 * Aleut: tukux̂
 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: nantʼán
 * Arabic:, قَائِد
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: правады́р,, poglavar, важа́к
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Central Sierra Miwok: hajá·po-, má·jyŋy-
 * Cherokee: ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ
 * Chichewa: mfumu
 * Chickasaw: minko'
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Estonian: pealik
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: cjâf, dûs
 * Galician:, , coudel, bren
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: προστάτης, ὄρχαμος
 * Hindi:, , , , , , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Kongo: mfumu
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladino: kapo, kapu, shef, el gadol
 * Lakota: itȟáŋčhaŋ, wičháša itȟáŋčhaŋ
 * Latin:, praepositus, procer
 * Macedonian: главатар, поглавар, главешина, старешина, водач
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Mansaka: dato
 * Manx: ard-er, ard-ghooinney
 * Maori:, poumatua, , ringawhero
 * Mi'kmaq: saqamaw, saqama'sgw
 * Munsee: kíhkay
 * Nandi: olaitorio
 * Navajo: naatʼáanii
 * Ngarrindjeri: rupelli
 * Norman: chef
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: høvding
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: ogimaa
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: вождь
 * Old East Slavic: вожь
 * Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰏
 * Ottawa: gimaa
 * Ottoman Turkish: رئیس, قوجه
 * Pashto: ملک
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Rapa Nui: 'ariki
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Samoan: matai
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannard
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , ,
 * Slovak: náčelník, šéf
 * Slovene: glavar
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, jumbe
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Talysh:
 * Asalemi: رئیس, رییس
 * Tamil:
 * Taos: łòwaʼána, tə̀otʼų́nena (of town or house)
 * Tocharian B: tāś
 * Tok Pisin: bigman
 * Ukrainian: вождь, ,
 * Zulu:


 * Arabic: رَئِيس, مُدِير,
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Belarusian: кіраўні́к, нача́льнiк,, шэф
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: (fire chief),
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Lakota: itȟáŋčhaŋ, wičháša itȟáŋčhaŋ
 * Macedonian: шеф
 * Manx: ard-er, ard-ghooinney
 * Maori: whakataka,, ringawhero
 * Norman: chef
 * Ojibwe: ogimaa
 * Ottoman Turkish: رئیس, قوجه
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannard
 * Serbo-Croatian:, шеф
 * Slovak: náčelník, šéf
 * Slovene: načelnik
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tocharian B: tāś
 * Ukrainian:, , , шеф
 * Zulu: inhloko


 * Albanian: pringj
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: hlava štítu
 * Dutch: schildhoofd
 * Finnish: lakio
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: Schildhaupt
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ginstam,, sköldhuvud


 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Icelandic:


 * Japanese: ;
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Swedish: (1)
 * Turkish:

Adjective

 * 1) Primary; principal.
 * 2)  Intimate, friendly.
 * 1)  Intimate, friendly.
 * 1)  Intimate, friendly.
 * 1)  Intimate, friendly.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κεφάλαιος
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Icelandic:, megin-
 * Latin:, potissimus
 * Maori: matua
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To smoke cannabis.
 * 2) * 2012, Marquis "Cream" Cureton, When the Smoke Clears (page 268)
 * He chiefed on the bud like a pro, taking long deep hits and holding it within until he had inhaled as much of the weed smoke as he could.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) head

Etymology
First known attestation 881 in The . From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  head
 * 2) leader,
 * 3) front foremost side of something
 * 1) front foremost side of something