caffè

Alternative forms

• caffe
• caffé (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè.

Noun

caffè (plural caffès)

1. 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 las 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.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• IPA^(key): /kafˈfɛ/

Noun

caffè m (invariable)

1. coffee (plant and drink)
2. a café

   Synonym: bar