Borrowed from Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of cafetière.
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cafeteria (plural cafeterias)
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cafeteria f (plural cafeteries)
cafeteria
Inflection of cafeteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | cafeteria | cafeteriat | ||
genitive | cafeterian | cafeterioiden cafeterioitten | ||
partitive | cafeteriaa | cafeterioita | ||
illative | cafeteriaan | cafeterioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | cafeteria | cafeteriat | ||
accusative | nom. | cafeteria | cafeteriat | |
gen. | cafeterian | |||
genitive | cafeterian | cafeterioiden cafeterioitten cafeteriainrare | ||
partitive | cafeteriaa | cafeterioita | ||
inessive | cafeteriassa | cafeterioissa | ||
elative | cafeteriasta | cafeterioista | ||
illative | cafeteriaan | cafeterioihin | ||
adessive | cafeterialla | cafeterioilla | ||
ablative | cafeterialta | cafeterioilta | ||
allative | cafeterialle | cafeterioille | ||
essive | cafeteriana | cafeterioina | ||
translative | cafeteriaksi | cafeterioiksi | ||
abessive | cafeteriatta | cafeterioitta | ||
instructive | — | cafeterioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Borrowed from Spanish cafetería.
cafeteria f (plural cafeterias)
cafeteria c
Declension of cafeteria | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | cafeteria | cafeterian | cafeterior | cafeteriorna |
Genitive | cafeterias | cafeterians | cafeteriors | cafeteriornas |