English edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French café au lait (literally coffee with milk).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌkæfeɪ əʊ ˈleɪ/, /kæˌfeɪ əʊ ˈleɪ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun edit

café au lait (countable and uncountable, plural café au laits or cafés au lait)

  1. A mixture of coffee and hot milk.
    Coordinate terms: caffè latte, latte, café noir
    • 1985, Margaret Atwood, “Soul Scrolls”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 164:
      It was like using a language I'd once known but had nearly forgotten, a language having to do with customs that had long before passed out of the world: café au lait at an outdoor table, with a brioche, absinthe in a tall glass, or shrimp in a cornucopia of newspaper; things I'd once read about but had never seen.
  2. Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink.
  3. A light coffee colour.
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Usage notes edit

Oxford Canadian Spelling indicates the preferred plural form is cafés au lait.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ Robert Pontisso and Eric Sinkins, editors (1999), Oxford Canadian Spelling, Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 72, column 1

Danish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From French café au lait (coffee with milk).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kafeolɛ/, [kʰafeoˈlɛ]

Noun edit

café au lait c (singular definite café au laiten or café au lait'en, plural indefinite café au laiter or café au lait'er)

  1. café au lait

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Noun edit

café au lait m (plural cafés au lait)

  1. white coffee, coffee with milk
    Deux cafés au lait, s’il vous plait.
    Two white coffees, please.

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café au lait (invariable)

  1. light brown, café au lait
    une peau café au laitlight brown skin