café

Alternative forms

• cafe
• caffè (Italianate), caffe (Italianate), caffé (Italianate, nonstandard)
• caff (UK, informal)

Etymology

Borrowed from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkæˈfeɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæfeɪ/
• Rhymes: -æfeɪ, -eɪ

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. A French pub.

Anagrams

• face

Etymology

Borrowed from French café.

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

1. coffee
2. a cafe, coffee shop

Etymology

Borrowed from French café.

Noun

café

1. café

Etymology

Borrowed from French café.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

café n (plural cafés, diminutive cafeetje n)

1. a cafe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.fe/

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• Audio (Belgium)

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• Standard French (West France)

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Noun

café m (plural cafés)

1. coffee (drink)
2. coffee colour
3. public house
4. cafe, coffee shop

Adjective

café (plural cafés)

1. Of the colour of coffee.

References

Further reading

• “café” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• face

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

1. coffee
2. coffee bean
3. coffee plant
4. cafeteria

Etymology

Borrowed from French café.

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈfɛ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈfɛ/, /kɐˈfɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

1. coffee
2. a café, an establishment selling coffee and other beverages, alcoholic or not, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfe/

• Audio (BOL)

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Adjective

café (plural cafés)

1. brown

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

1. coffee
2. cafe, coffee shop

Etymology

Borrowed from French café.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfeː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

café n

1. cafe, coffee shop