chef

English translation: person at the head of the family (tree)

13:22 Sep 20, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Genealogy / succession
French term or phrase: chef
La suite des degres forme la ligne : on appelle ligne directe, la suite des degres entre personnes qui descendent I'une de I'autre ; ligne collaterale, la suite des degres entre personnes qui ne descendent pas les unes des autres, mais qui descendent d'un auteur commun.
On distingue la ligne directe, en ligne directe descendante et ligne directe ascendante.
La premiere est celle qui lie le chef avec ceux qui descendent de lui; la deuxieme est celle qui lie une personne avec ceux dont elle descend.
Lavinia Pirlog
Romania
Local time: 12:31
English translation:person at the head of the family (tree)
Explanation:
You have to start a family tree somewhere and I think this is what is meant here
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4 +4person at the head of the family (tree)
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4Head
D. Eccher


  

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person at the head of the family (tree)


Explanation:
You have to start a family tree somewhere and I think this is what is meant here


    Reference: http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/census.html
SafeTex
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agree  writeaway: another question thoroughly researched before postiing.
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  -> thank you writeaway for this compliment lol

agree  GILOU
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agree  AllegroTrans: answer easily found elsewhere by basic research
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  -> easy points eh?

agree  nweatherdon
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Head


Explanation:
Head of household. Actually the first meaning oh "chef" is head (from the latine "Caput")

D. Eccher
France

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: not household - this is about genealogy, therefore countless households potentially
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