cheffer

English

Etymology

chef (“to stab or cut up”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • (MLE) IPA(key): [ʃɛfə], [ʃɛfɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛfə(ɹ)

Noun

cheffer (plural cheffers)

  1. (MLE) Knife.
    Synonyms: jook, jooker, ching, ying, bassy, rambo, pokey, chete, shank, nank, splash, splasher
    • 2020 October 13, Vlone975 where Vlone (lyrics and music), “Ben n’ Jerry’s”‎:
      Grab the mic and I drop my cheffer
    • 2021 September 12, Bully B X Stewie X LR (Sin Squad), there Bully B (lyrics and music), “Hello”‎, 0:40–0:45:
      .38 in my pouch, man do it with skills
      Man do it with tekkers, swing my cheffer

French

Etymology

From chef +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
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Verb

cheffer

  1. Synonym of dire
  2. to work as a chef

Conjugation
Conjugation of cheffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cheffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cheffant
/ʃɛ.fɑ̃/ or /ʃe.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cheffé
/ʃɛ.fe/ or /ʃe.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cheffe
/ʃɛf/		 cheffes
/ʃɛf/		 cheffe
/ʃɛf/		 cheffons
/ʃɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fɔ̃/		 cheffez
/ʃɛ.fe/ or /ʃe.fe/		 cheffent
/ʃɛf/
imperfect cheffais
/ʃɛ.fɛ/ or /ʃe.fɛ/		 cheffais
/ʃɛ.fɛ/ or /ʃe.fɛ/		 cheffait
/ʃɛ.fɛ/ or /ʃe.fɛ/		 cheffions
/ʃɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fjɔ̃/		 cheffiez
/ʃɛ.fje/ or /ʃe.fje/		 cheffaient
/ʃɛ.fɛ/ or /ʃe.fɛ/
past historic2 cheffai
/ʃɛ.fe/ or /ʃe.fe/		 cheffas
/ʃɛ.fa/ or /ʃe.fa/		 cheffa
/ʃɛ.fa/ or /ʃe.fa/		 cheffâmes
/ʃɛ.fam/ or /ʃe.fam/		 cheffâtes
/ʃɛ.fat/ or /ʃe.fat/		 cheffèrent
/ʃɛ.fɛʁ/ or /ʃe.fɛʁ/
future chefferai
/ʃɛ.fʁe/ or /ʃe.fʁe/		 chefferas
/ʃɛ.fʁa/ or /ʃe.fʁa/		 cheffera
/ʃɛ.fʁa/ or /ʃe.fʁa/		 chefferons
/ʃɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fʁɔ̃/		 chefferez
/ʃɛ.fʁe/ or /ʃe.fʁe/		 chefferont
/ʃɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fʁɔ̃/
conditional chefferais
/ʃɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ʃe.fʁɛ/		 chefferais
/ʃɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ʃe.fʁɛ/		 chefferait
/ʃɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ʃe.fʁɛ/		 chefferions
/ʃɛ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fə.ʁjɔ̃/		 chefferiez
/ʃɛ.fə.ʁje/ or /ʃe.fə.ʁje/		 chefferaient
/ʃɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ʃe.fʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cheffe
/ʃɛf/		 cheffes
/ʃɛf/		 cheffe
/ʃɛf/		 cheffions
/ʃɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fjɔ̃/		 cheffiez
/ʃɛ.fje/ or /ʃe.fje/		 cheffent
/ʃɛf/
imperfect2 cheffasse
/ʃɛ.fas/ or /ʃe.fas/		 cheffasses
/ʃɛ.fas/ or /ʃe.fas/		 cheffât
/ʃɛ.fa/ or /ʃe.fa/		 cheffassions
/ʃɛ.fa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fa.sjɔ̃/		 cheffassiez
/ʃɛ.fa.sje/ or /ʃe.fa.sje/		 cheffassent
/ʃɛ.fas/ or /ʃe.fas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cheffe
/ʃɛf/		 — cheffons
/ʃɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fɔ̃/		 cheffez
/ʃɛ.fe/ or /ʃe.fe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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