caffè
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian caffè. Doublet of café and coffee.
Pronunciation
Noun
caffè (plural caffès)
- An Italian café.
- 1977, Robert S. Kane, Italy A to Z: A Grand Tour of the Classic Cities, Doubleday, page 5:
- He then relaxes over an espresso in a caffè, and resumes.
- 2008, Emma Jones, Hunter Travel Guides: Tuscany and Umbria, Hunter Publishing, page 23:
- In caffès you should pay first at la cassa and then take your ticket (lo scontrino) to the bar, […]
- 2011, Santa Montefiore, The Mermaid Garden, Simon and Schuster, page 279:
- […] ; other days she waited on tables in the caffè in Piazza Laconda.
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Pronunciation
Noun
caffè m (invariable, diminutive-derogatory caffeùccio (“café”))
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Descendants
- → Cimbrian: kafè
- → Dutch: koffie (see there for further descendants)
- → English: caffè
- → Faroese: kaffi
- → French: café (see there for further descendants)
- → Irish: caife
- → Icelandic: kaffi
- → Mòcheno: kafè
- → New Latin: cafēa
- → Spanish: café (see there for further descendants)
- → Swedish: kaffe, caffe (archaic)
- → Finnish: kahvi
- → West Flemish: kaffie