cafeteria

See also: Cafeteria, cafetería, and cafétéria

English

Etymology

(Mid 19th or 20th century) American Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه‎ (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة‎ (qahwa, “coffee”).

Noun

cafeteria (plural cafeterias)

A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat
A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above) or brought in from elsewhere

Synonyms

lunchroom
(dining area in an institution): canteen

Related terms

caf
café, cafe

Translations

restaurant

Albanian: mensë (sq) f, menxë f
Arabic: مَقْصَف‎‎ (ar) m (maqṣaf)
Armenian: ճաշարան (hy) (čašaran)
Azerbaijani: yeməkxana (az), bufet (az), kafeteriya
Bashkir: ашхана (ašxana)
Basque: kantina (eu), jantegi (eu)
Belarusian: страўня f (straŭnja), кафэтэ́рый m (kafetéryj)
Bulgarian: столо́ва (bg) f (stolóva)
Catalan: cafeteria f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 餐廳, 餐厅 (caan¹ teng¹), 飯堂, 饭堂 (faan⁶ tong⁴)

Mandarin: 食堂 (zh) (shítáng), 餐廳 (zh), 餐厅 (zh) (cāntīng)
Chuvash: столовӑй (stolovăj)
Czech: jídelna (cs) f, bufet (cs), menza (cs) (at university)
Danish: cafeteria (da) c
Dutch: kantine (nl) f, cafetaria (nl) m, f
Estonian: söökla, kantiin, kafeteeria
Finnish: kafeteria (fi); kahvio (fi) (usually as part of a larger entity such as a large retail store)
French: cafétéria (fr) f, cafèt’ (fr) f , cantine (fr) f
Georgian: სასადილო (sasadilo)
German: Cafeteria (de) f, Kantine (de) f
Greek: καφετέρια (el) f (kafetéria), καντίνα (el) f (kantína), τραπεζαρία (el) f (trapezaría)
Hebrew: מִזְנוֹן‎‎ (he) m (miznon), קָפִיטֶרְיָה‎‎ (he) f (kafitéria), קַנטִינָה‎‎ (he) f (kantina)
Hindi: कैंटीन (hi) m (kaiṇṭīn), कैफ़ेटेरिया m (kaifeṭeriyā), काफ़ीघर m (kāfīghar)
Hungarian: kantin (hu), menza (hu), bisztró (hu)
Ido: kantino (io)
Italian: caffetteria (it) f, mensa (it) f
Japanese: 食堂 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō), カフェテリア (kafeteria)
Kazakh: асхана (asxana)
Korean: 식당 (ko) (sikdang) (食堂 (ko)), 카페테리아 (kapeteria)
Kyrgyz: ашкана (ky) (aşkana), столовая (ky) (stolovaya)

Lao: ໂຮງອາຫານ (hōng ’ā hān)
Latin: cafeteria
Latvian: ēdnīca f, kafetērija f
Lithuanian: valgykla f
Macedonian: кантина f (kantina), кафетерија f (kafeterija)
Malay: kafeteria
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kafeteria (no) m
Persian: کافه‌تریا‎‎ (kâfe-teriyâ)
Polish: kafeteria (pl) f, stołówka (pl) f
Portuguese: cafeteria (pt) f, cantina (pt) f
Romanian: cofetărie (ro) f, cantină (ro) f
Russian: кафете́рий (ru) m (kafetɛ́rij), столо́вая (ru) f (stolóvaja), заку́сочная (ru) f (zakúsočnaja), буфе́т (ru) m (bufét)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кантина f, кафетерија f

Roman: kantina (sh) f, kafeterija (sh) f
Slovak: kantína f, jedáleň f
Slovene: menza (sl) f
Spanish: cafetería (es) f, cantina (es) f
Swahili: mikahawa (sw)
Swedish: cafeteria (sv) c, fik (sv) n, lunchrestaurang (sv) c, kafé (sv) n, lunchservering c, servering (sv) c
Tajik: ошхона (tg) (ošxona)
Thai: โรงอาหาร (roong-aa-hǎan)
Tongan: fale kai
Turkish: kantin (tr), kafeterya (tr)
Turkmen: mytara
Ukrainian: їда́льня (uk) f (jidálʹnja), кафете́рій m (kafetérij)
Uyghur: ئاشخانا‎‎ (ashxana)
Uzbek: oshxona (uz), ovqatxona (uz), yemakxona (uz), kafeterya (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà ăn (vi), căng tin, quán cà phê

dining area

Armenian: ճաշարան (hy) (čašaran)
Belarusian: страўня f (straŭnja)
Czech: kantýna (cs) f
Dutch: cafetaria (nl) m, f
Finnish: ruokala (fi), kanttiini (fi)
French: caféteria f, cantine (fr) f, réfectoire (fr) m
German: Kantine (de) f, Mensa (de) f (at university)
Greek: καφετέρια (el) f (kafetéria)
Hebrew: אתר הסעדה‎‎ m (atár has'adá), קפיטריה‎‎ (he) f (kafitéria)
Italian: mensa (it)
Japanese: 学食 (ja) (がくしょく, school cafeteria)

Malay: kafeteria
Persian: کافه‌تریا‎‎ (cafeteria)
Polish: stołówka (pl) f
Portuguese: refeitório (pt), cantina (pt)
Russian: столо́вая (ru) f (stolóvaja)
Spanish: comedor (es) m, cantina (es) f, casino (es) m
Swahili: mikahawa (sw)
Swedish: matsal (sv) c, lunchrum (sv) n, fik (sv) n, matbespisning c, kantin (sv) c
Thai: โรงอาหาร (roong-aa-hǎan)
Ukrainian: їда́льня (uk) f (jidálʹnja)

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kə.fə.təˈɾi.ə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka.fe.teˈɾi.a/
Rhymes: -ia

Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeteries)

Finnish

Noun

cafeteria

Alternative form of kafeteria.

Declension

Inflection of cafeteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		cafeteria	cafeteriat
genitive		cafeterian	cafeterioiden cafeterioitten
partitive		cafeteriaa	cafeterioita
illative		cafeteriaan	cafeterioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		cafeteria	cafeteriat
accusative	nom.	cafeteria	cafeteriat
accusative	gen.	cafeterian	cafeteriat
genitive		cafeterian	cafeterioiden cafeterioitten cafeteriain^rare
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
instructive		—	cafeterioin
abessive		cafeteriatta	cafeterioitta
comitative		—	cafeterioineen

Portuguese

Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeterias)

cafeteria (type of restaurant)

Swedish

Noun

cafeteria c

cafeteria

Declension

Declension of cafeteria
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cafeteria	cafeterian	cafeterior	cafeteriorna
Genitive	cafeterias	cafeterians	cafeteriors	cafeteriornas

Alternative forms

kafeteria

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