café

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See also: cafe, CAFE, cafè, and Café

English

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French café (coffee; coffee shop). Doublet of caffè and coffee.

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Noun

café (plural cafés)

  1. A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
  2. (Canada) A small restaurant of any genre.
    • 1982, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “Chinese Café / Unchained Melody”:

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Asturian

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French café.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈfe/,
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: ca‧fé

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

  1. coffee
  2. a cafe, coffee shop

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of cafè

Champenois

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ka.fe/

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

  1. coffee

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References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne) (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (in French), Troyes

Danish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French café.

Noun

café c (singular definite caféen, plural indefinite caféer)

  1. café

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Dutch

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːˈfeː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧fé
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

café n (plural cafés, diminutive cafeetje n)

  1. café; coffee shop
    Synonym: koffiehuis
  2. pub, bar
    Synonyms: kroeg, biercafé
  3. snackbar
    Synonym: eetcafé

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French

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Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian caffè, first appearing as the form caveé,[1] from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee). Doublet of caoua.

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    Noun

    café m (usually uncountable, plural cafés)

    1. coffee (drink)
      Synonyms: caoua, noir, petit noir
      Hypernym: boisson
      Hyponyms: bistouille, café arrosé, café au lait, café-calva, café-chicorée, café chocolaté, café crème, café filtre, café frappé, café-lambig, café turc, cappuccino, décaféiné, expresso, macchiato, ristretto
    2. coffee colour
    3. public house
    4. cafe, coffee shop

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    Descendants

    • Haitian Creole: kafe
    • Louisiana Creole: kafe
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    Adjective

    café (plural cafés)

    1. of the colour of coffee

    References

    1. ^ Etymology and history of cafe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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    Galician

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    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kaˈfɛ/
    • Rhymes:
    • Hyphenation: ca‧fé

    Noun

    café m (plural cafés)

    1. coffee
      O día estaba frío, e despois de xantar os convidados dixeron que non lles sentaría nada mal un café.
      It was a cold day, and after lunch the guests decided to have a coffee.
    2. coffee bean
    3. coffee plant
    4. cafeteria

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    Norman

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French café.

    Noun

    café m (plural cafés)

    1. (Jersey) coffee (beverage)
    2. (Jersey) café (establishment)

    Polish

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    café

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from French café. Doublet of kawa.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kaˈfɛ/
    • Rhymes:
    • Syllabification: ca‧fé

    Noun

    café n (indeclinable)

    1. café, coffee shop (establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises)
      Synonym: kawiarnia

    Further reading

    • café in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Portuguese

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    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Classical Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee).[1][2]

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      Noun

      café m (plural cafés)

      1. (uncountable) coffee (beverage)
        O café é uma das bebidas mais consumidas no mundo.
        Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world.
      2. coffee (a serving of this beverage)
      3. coffee bean
      4. coffee (powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds)
      5. coffee (any plant of the genus Coffea)
        Synonyms: cafezeiro, cafeeiro
      6. café; coffee shop (establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages)
        Gosto muito deste café.
        I like this café very much.
      7. coffee (pale brown color)
      8. (Brazil) Ellipsis of café da manhã (breakfast).
        Saí tão depressa de casa que até esqueci de tomar café.
        I left home so hurriedly that I even forgot to have breakfast.
      9. (Brazil) Ellipsis of café da tarde.

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      Adjective

      café (invariable)

      1. coffee (having a pale brown color)

      References

      1. ^ café”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
      2. ^ café”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

      Spanish

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      café

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee).

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      Adjective

      café m or f (masculine and feminine plural café or cafés)

      1. brown

      Noun

      café m (plural cafés)

      1. coffee
      2. cafe, coffee shop

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      Descendants

      • Cebuano: kape
      • Central Tarahumara: kajé
      • Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: cafe
      • Hiligaynon: kape
      • Mecayapan Nahuatl: capej
      • Navajo: ahwééh
      • Tagalog: kape
      • Waray-Waray: kape

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      Swedish

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      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from French café.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      café n

      1. a café, a coffee shop

      Usage notes

      The definite singular form can also be cafét/caféts.

      Declension

      Declension of café
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite café cafés
      definite caféet caféets
      plural indefinite caféer caféers
      definite caféerna caféernas

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