chieftain

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• /ˈt͡ʃiːf.tən/
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• CMU ARPABET: CH IY1 F T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cheveteyn, cheftayne, from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus (English captain), from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of captain; related to chief.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pringj — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Albanian: prijës — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Catalan: cacic — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Catalan: cabdill — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Catalan: cap — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Chinese Mandarin: 族長 /族长 (zúzhǎng) — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Czech: náčelník — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Danish: høvding — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Dutch: stamhoofd — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Dutch: opperhoofd — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Esperanto: tribestro — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Estonian: pealik — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Faroese: ættarhøvdingur — A leader of a clan or tribe
• French: chef — A leader of a clan or tribe
• German: Häuptling — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Hungarian: törzsfőnök — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Icelandic: höfðingi — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Indonesian: kepala suku — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Irish: ceann fine — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Irish: taoiseach — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Italian: capo — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Italian: capotribù — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Japanese: 酋長 (shūchō) — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Khmer: មេកន្ទ្រាញ (me kon treanh) — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Korean: 족장 (jokjang) — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Korean: 추장 (chujang) — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Middle Korean: 어비〮ᄆᆞᆮ (èpímòt) — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Lakota: itȟáŋčhaŋ — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Latin: procer — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Macedonian: поглавар (poglavar) — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Māori: rangatira — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Norwegian Bokmål: høvding — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: høvding — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Occitan: cap — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Occitan: capmèstre — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Old Tupi: morubixaba — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Polish: wódz — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Portuguese: cacique — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Portuguese: morubixaba — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Portuguese: tuxaua — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Portuguese: chefe — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Russian: вождь (voždʹ) — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Samoan: matai — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Samoan: ao — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Scots: chieftain — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Scottish Gaelic: ceann-cinnidh — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Slovak: náčelník — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Slovak: vodca — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Spanish: cacique — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Spanish: caudillo — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Spanish: jefe — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Spanish: jeque — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Spanish: cabecilla — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Swedish: hövding — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Tok Pisin: bigman — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Turkish: kabile reisi — A leader of a clan or tribe
• Dutch: bendeleider — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Italian: capo — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Khmer: មេកន្ទ្រាញ (me kon treanh) — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Occitan: cap — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Portuguese: manda-chuva — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Portuguese: chefe — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Russian: глава́рь (glavárʹ) — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Russian: атама́н (atamán) — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Spanish: líder — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Spanish: jefe — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain
• Swedish: ledare — A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain