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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from English cafeteria. Compare German Cafeteria. For sense 2, compare French cafétéria, Russian кафете́рий (kafetérij).
Pronunciation
Noun
קאַפֿעטעריע • (kafeterye) f, plural קאַפֿעטעריעס (kafeteryes)
- cafeteria
- snack bar
- Synonym: בופֿעט (bufet)
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “cafeteria”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN