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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jefe (“leader, boss”). Doublet of chief.

Noun

jefe (plural jefes)

1. (US, informal) An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent.
   • 1887, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Central America, page 153, History Company

     Antonio Rivera Cabezas was chosen vice-jefe in March 1830.

   • 1898, Southern Pacific Company Passenger Department, Sunset, Sunset Magazines Inc. (1912), pages 313-314

     before he stepped forward uttering the stereotyped greeting, the Texan had put him down as the jefe or head man....

     Snatching up the rifle he lit out after the jefe, who had left two jumps ahead of the smoke.

   • 1900, United States War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, U.S. Government Printing Office

     Hilario Saño, a suspect, resident here but much doubted by the jefe local, was put to the test

2. (US) A boss in a business, company, or other organization.
   • 1982 January, George Durham, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers, page 120, University of Texas Press

     “They ain’t going to deliver the cattle across.... They’ve taken too much of a beating as it is. They’ve lost their big jefe and lots of men.”

   • 1998 June, Thomas Miller Klubock, Contested communities: Class, Gender, and Politics in Chile's El Teniente Copper Mine, 1904-1948, page 147, Duke University Press

     When they were slacking off in the mine, for example, and a jefe arrived unexpectedly, they shouted loro (parrot) or fuego (fire) as warning signals.

   • 2004 December, Jeffrey Harris Cohen, The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico, University of Texas Press

     A jefe in this sense is a mentor, a person who is often a compadre of the migrant.... In any case, a jefe is not a loan shark

   • 2005 May, Monica Rico, EMails that Go Nowhere, Google Mail.

     A jefe in this sense refers to a true boss, the leader of the household, also known as Jose Rico.

Translations

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:jefe.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• gefe (obsolete)
• xefe (pre-1815)

Etymology

From Old Spanish xefe, from Old French chief, from Latin caput. Compare Portuguese chefe. Doublet of cabo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xefe/, [?xe.fe]

Noun

jefe m (plural jefes, feminine jefa, feminine plural jefas)

1. chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization

   Synonym: superior

2. boss; supervisor; manager
3. (military) colonel; major; rank between captain and general
4. (heraldry) chief
5. (video games) boss
6. (colloquial, Mexico) dad, father

Antonyms

• subalterno m
• subordinado m

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? English: jefe
• ? Cebuano: hepe

See also

• sargento m
• coronel m
• general m
• director m
• supervisor m

Anagrams

• feje m

English

Etymology

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ???? (huphén, “together”), contracted from ??’ ?? (huph’ hén, “under one”), from ??? (hupó, “under”) + ?? (hén, “one”), neuter of ??? (heîs, “one”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?ha?.f?n/
• Rhymes: -a?f?n

Noun

hyphen (plural hyphens)

1. The symbol "?", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
2. (figuratively) Something that links two more consequential things.
3. An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.
4. Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

Usage notes

Because the original symbol "-" (technically the hyphen-minus) covered usages aside from hyphenation there have been additional subsequent symbols created for hyphenation needs. They include the "?" (hyphen), ? (non-breaking hyphen) and the non-visible soft hyphen.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hyphen (third-person singular simple present hyphens, present participle hyphening, simple past and past participle hyphened)

1. (transitive, dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.

Conjunction

hyphen

1. Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".

Synonyms

• (used as coordinator): slash, cum

See also

• minus, minus sign
• ? (Hebrew maqaf)
• hyphen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Punctuation

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.f?n/

Noun

hyphen m (plural hyphens)

1. Old symbol with the shape of a curved stroke, formerly used in French instead of the modern hyphen, with the same function.