sheriff
/ˈʃeɾif/ · A2 · noun · m
sheriff
⭐ Same word as English sheriff, borrowed whole; say it SHEH-reef
Spanish took sheriff straight from English, spelling and all. English built it from Old English scir-gerefa: shire + reeve, the officer of a county. Only the sound shifts: a tapped r and a clear ee in the last syllable.