Café

See also cafe, and Café

English

Alternative spellings

• cafe

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /kæfˈeɪ/
• (UK)IPA: /ˈkæfeɪ/

  Rhymes: -æfeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

Singular Café

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Café ({{{1}}})

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.

Synonyms

• (coffee shop): caff (British slang), coffeehouse, coffee shop, tea-shop
• (French pub): see Wikisaurus:pub

See also

• bar
• bistro
• cafeteria
• restaurant

Translations

coffee shop

Arabic: مَقْهًى (máqhan) m., مقهاة (maqhaa) f. Armenian: սրճարան hy(hy) (srč̣aran), կաֆե hy(hy) (kafe) Bulgarian: кафене bg(bg) (kafene) n. Chinese: 咖啡屋 (kāfēi wū) Croatian: kavana hr(hr) f. Czech: kavárna cs(cs) f. Danish: café da(da) n. Dutch: café nl(nl) n. Esperanto: kafejo eo(eo) Finnish: kahvila fi(fi) French: café fr(fr) m. German: Café de(de) n. Greek: καφενείο el(el) (kafenío) n. Hebrew: בית־קפה (beit-qafe) m. Hindi: होटल hi(hi) (hotal) m. Hungarian: kávéház hu(hu) Icelandic: kaffihús is(is) Italian: caffè it(it) m.

Japanese: カフェー (kafé), コーヒー店 (kōhiten) Latvian: kafejnīca lv(lv) f. Lithuanian: kavìnė lt(lt) f. Macedonian: кафуле mk(mk) (káfule) n. (coffee house), кафана mk(mk) (kafána) f. (restaurant) Norwegian: kafé no(no) m., café no(no) m. Polish: kawiarnia pl(pl) f. Portuguese: café pt(pt) m. Romanian: cafenea ro(ro) f. Russian: кафе ru(ru) (kafé) n. Serbian: кафана sr(sr) (kafana) f. Slovak: kaviareň sk(sk) f. Slovene: kavarna sl(sl) f. Spanish: café es(es) m. Swedish: café sv(sv) n., kafé sv(sv) Turkish: kahvehane tr(tr) Ukrainian: каварня uk(uk) (kavarnja) f.

French pub

Anagrams

• acef,
• face

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ka.fe/, SAMPA: /ka.fe/

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Noun

Café m. (plural Cafés)

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

Derived terms

café-bar café-concert caféiculteur caféiculture caféier caféière caféine caféique caféisme caféone cafèt’

cafétéria caféterie café-théatre cafetier cafetière déca décaféination décaféiné décaféiner pause-café pousse-café

See also

bistouille café au lait café chocolaté café crème café filtre

café liégeois café turc capuccino expresso

Adjective

1. Of the colour of coffee.

Anagrams

• acef,
• face

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Galician

Noun

Café m. (plural Cafés)

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

Synonyms

• (coffee plant): cafeeira

Related terms

• cafeeira

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (EP) IPA: /kɐˈfɛ/
• (BP) IPA: /kaˈfɛ/

Etymology

Italian caffè < Turkish kahve < Classical Arabic قهوة (qáhwah, coffee).

Noun

café m. (plural cafés)

1. coffee

Derived terms

• cafeteria
• café da manhã
• cafezal

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Spanish

Etymology

Italian caffè < Turkish kahve < Classical Arabic قهوة (qáhwah, coffee).

Adjective

Café m. and f. (plural Cafés)

1. brown

Noun

Café m. (plural Cafés)

Singular Café m.

Plural Cafés m.

1. coffee
2. café, coffee-shop

Derived terms

• cafetería

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Swedish

Noun

Template:Sv-noun-irreg-n café n.

1. café; coffee shop

Derived terms

Definite form singular could also be cafét/caféts.

Synonyms

• cafeteria/kafeteria
• fik
• kafé
• kaffestuga
• konditori