Chief or Chef in Polish and Russian

April 14, 2008 at 2:36 pm · Filed under Learn Polish, Learn Russian, Learn Ukrainian

Chief or Chef in Polish and Russian

In Polish like in Russian, ‘Chef’ means ‘boss’. Many times Russian and Polish people will refer to their boss as their chief. Further it will be hard for them to distinguish the sound of ‘chef’ -someone who works as a cook and ‘chief’ - someone who is a leader. So if you here Polish or Russians call people chief it means boss. In English you can call someone your chief as a boss but it sounds more slangy than serious.

Polish for ‘boss’ is szef (pronounced chef)
Polish for ‘chef’ is szef kuchni (that is boss of the kitchen).
Polish for the head of a Native American tribe (chief) is wódz plemienia (leader of the tribe)
The Russian word for boss is шеф (also pronounced chef).

I think this is all very funny when English and Polish or Russian communicate about their boss often times confusion ensues.

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