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chef de mission

/ʃɛf də mɪˈsjɔn/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables
chef de mis-sion
IPA
/ʃɛf də mɪˈsjɔn/
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Head of a sports delegation, especially to an international games.

Etymology

Borrowed from French chef de mission (“head of mission”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

chefs de mission (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce chef de mission?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɛf də mɪˈsjɔn/.
What does chef de mission mean?
Head of a sports delegation, especially to an international games.
Where does chef de mission come from?
It is traced to French.

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