Extraordinaire

[canadalynx]

Hello!

I would like to know if these two following sentences have the same meaning.

1. He is an extraordinary chef.
2. He is a chef extraordinaire.

Thank you.

 

[emsr2d2]

Effectively, yes. The use of "noun + extraordinaire" is fairly commonly used. For the benefit of other learners who might not realise it, "extraordinaire" is a French word.

 

[GoesStation]

No.

He is an extraordinary chef: It's objectively true that he's an exceptional chef.

He is a chef extraordinaire: I think he's so exceptional that his skills merit the use of a foreign word and foreign syntax to describe them.