café

See also: cafe, CAFE, cafè, and Café

EnglishEdit

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café

Wikipedia

Alternative formsEdit

cafe
caffè (Italianate)
caffe (Italianate)
caffé (Italianate, nonstandard)
caff (British, informal)

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee.

PronunciationEdit

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌkæˈfeɪ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæfeɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Homophone: CAFE
Rhymes: -æfeɪ, -eɪ

NounEdit

café (plural cafés)

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.
(Canada) A small restaurant of any genre.
- 1982, Joni Mitchell, Chinese Café / Unchained Melody (song)

SynonymsEdit

(coffee shop): caff (British slang), coffeehouse, coffee shop, tea shop

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Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

coffee shop

Afrikaans: kafee, koffiehuis
Albanian: kafene (sq) f
Arabic: مَقْهًى‎ m (maqhan)
Egyptian Arabic: قهوة‎ f (ʾahwa), كافيه‎ m (kafē)

Hejazi Arabic: قهوة‎ f (gahwa), مقهى‎ m (maqha, magha), كافيه‎ m (kafē)

Moroccan Arabic: قهوة‎ f (qahwa)
Armenian: սրճարան (hy) (srčaran), կաֆե (hy) (kafe)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܵܐ‎ m (qāhwaḳana), ܒܹܝܬ ܩܲܗܘܵܐ‎ m (bēt qāhwa)
Asturian: cafetería f, café (ast) m
Azerbaijani: qəhvəxana, kafe (az)
Bashkir: ҡәһүәхана (qähüäxana)
Belarusian: кавя́рня (be) f (kavjárnja), кафэ́ n (kafé)
Bengali: হোটেল (bn) (hōṭel), ক্যাফে (kyaphe)
Bulgarian: кафене́ n (kafené), кафе́ (bg) n (kafé)
Burmese: ကဖီး (my) (ka.hpi:), လက်ဖက်ရည်ဆိုင် (lakhpak-ranyhcuing) (tea house)
Catalan: cafè (ca) m, cafeteria f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 咖啡屋 (gaa³ fe¹ uk¹), 咖啡店 (gaa³ fe¹ dim³), 咖啡館／咖啡馆 (gaa³ fe¹ gun²)

Dungan: кафэ (kafe)

Mandarin: 咖啡屋 (zh) (kāfēiwū), 咖啡店 (zh) (kāfēidiàn), 咖啡館／咖啡馆 (zh) (kāfēiguǎn)

Min Nan: 咖啡廳／咖啡厅 (ka-pi-thiaⁿ), 咖啡館／咖啡馆 (ka-pi-koán)
Cornish: koffiji m
Crimean Tatar: qavehane
Czech: kavárna (cs) f
Danish: café (da) c, cafe (da) c
Dutch: café (nl) n, koffiehuis (nl) n
Esperanto: kafejo
Estonian: kohvik (et)
Faroese: kaffistova f, kaffihús n
Finnish: kahvila (fi)
French: café (fr) m
Galician: cafetaría (gl) f, cafetería (gl) f, café (gl) m, bar (gl) m
Georgian: კაფე (ḳape), ყავახანა (ka) (q̇avaxana)
German: Café (de) n, Kaffeehaus (de) n
Greek: καφενείο (el) n (kafeneío), καφετέρια (el) f (kafetéria), καφέ (el) n (kafé)
Greenlandic: please add this translation if you can
Gujarati: કૅફે (kɛphe)
Hebrew: בֵּית קָפֶה‎ (he) m (beit kafé)
Hindi: होटल (hi) m (hoṭal), कैफ़े m (kaife), कैफे m (kaiphe), कॉफ़ीख़ाना m (kŏfīxānā)
Hungarian: kávéház (hu), kávézó (hu), presszó (hu), eszpresszó (hu)
Icelandic: kaffihús (is) n
Ido: kafeerio (io)
Indonesian: warung kopi, kafe (id)
Irish: caifé m
Italian: caffè (it) m, caffetteria (it) f, bar (it) m
Japanese: 喫茶店 (ja) (きっさてん, kissaten), カフェ (ja) (kafe), 喫茶 (ja) (きっさ, kissa)
Kazakh: кофехана (kofexana), кафе (kk) (kafe)
Khmer: ហាងកាហ្វេ (haang kaafee)
Korean: 카페 (ko) (kape), 커피숍 (keopisyop), 커피점 (keopijeom), 다방(茶房) (ko) (dabang)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: qehwexane (ku), kafê (ku)
Kyrgyz: кафе (ky) (kafe)
Lao: ກາເຟ (lo) (kā fē), ຮ້ານຄາເຟ (hān khā fē)
Latvian: kafejnīca f
Lithuanian: kavìnė f
Lü: ᦂᦱᦚᦶ (k̇aaḟae)
Macedonian: ка́фуле n (káfule) (coffee house), кафа́на f (kafána) (restaurant)
Malay: kedai kopi (ms), kafe (ms)
Mongolian: кафе (mn) (kafe), цайны газар (cajny gazar)
Mongolian: ᠻᠠᠹᠧ (khafē) ᠴᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ (čai̯-yin ɣaǰar)
Navajo: daʼjiyání
Northern Sami: kafea
Northern Thai: ᨠᩣᨺᩯ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kafé (no) m, café (no) m
Oriya: କାଫେ (or) (kaphe)
Pashto: هوټل‎ (ps) (hoṭál), خوړنځی‎ (ps) (xwaṛǝnjáy), قهوه خونه‎ f (qahwa xúna)
Persian: کافه‎ (fa) (kâfe), قهوه‌خانه‎ (qahve-xâne)
Polish: kawiarnia (pl) f
Portuguese: café (pt) m, cafeteria (pt) f
Romanian: cafenea (ro) f
Russian: кафе́ (ru) n (kafɛ́), кофе́йня (ru) f (koféjnja), кафете́рий (ru) m (kafɛtɛ́rij)
Scottish Gaelic: cafaidh m, bùth-cofaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кафа̀на f, кава̀на f, ка̀фӣћ m

Roman: kafàna (sh) f, kavàna (sh) f, kàfīć m
Shan: ၵႃၾႄ (kǎa fǎae)
Sinhalese: ආපනශාලාව (āpanaśālāwa)
Slovak: kaviareň (sk) f
Slovene: kavarna (sl) f
Spanish: café (es) m, cafetería (es) f (Spain), cafetín
Swahili: mkahawa (sw)
Swedish: kafé (sv) n, café (sv) n
Tagalog: kapihan
Tajik: қаҳвахона (qahvaxona), кафе (tg) (kafe)
Tamil: அருந்தகம் (ta) (aruntakam), கபே (kapē), கஃபே (kafē)
Tatar: каһвәханә (qahwäxanä)
Thai: กาแฟ (th) (gaa-fɛɛ), ร้านกาแฟ (ráan-gaa-fɛɛ), คาเฟ่ (kaa-fêe)
Tongan: fale kai
Turkish: kafe (tr), kahvehane (tr)
Turkmen: kebaphana, kofehana, kafe
Ukrainian: кав'я́рня (uk) f (kavʺjárnja), кафе́ n (kafé)
Urdu: ہوٹل‎ m (hoṭal), کیفے‎ m (kaife), کفیخانا‎ m (kofīxānā)
Uyghur: قەھۋەخانا‎ (qehwexana)
Uzbek: qahvaxona (uz), kafe (uz), kafeteriy
Vietnamese: tiệm cà phê, quán cà phê, quán nước
Volapük: kafibötöp (vo)
Welsh: caffi m, siop goffi f
Yiddish: קאַפֿע‎ (yi) m (kafe), קאַווע-הויז‎ n (kave-hoyz)

AnagramsEdit

face, ecaf

AsturianEdit

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

café

Wikipedia ^ast

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French café.

NounEdit

café m (plural cafés)

coffee
a cafe, coffee shop

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Audio (Valencian) (file)

NounEdit

café m (plural cafés)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of cafè

DanishEdit

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

café

Wikipedia ^da

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French café.

NounEdit

café c (singular definite caféen, plural indefinite caféer)

café

DeclensionEdit

Declension of café

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	café	caféen	caféer	caféerne
genitive	cafés	caféens	caféers	caféernes

Derived termsEdit

fortovscafé

DutchEdit

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

café

Wikipedia ^nl

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /kaːˈfeː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ca‧fé
Rhymes: -eː

NounEdit

café n (plural cafés, diminutive cafeetje n)

Derived termsEdit

FrenchEdit

French Wikipedia has an article on:

café

Wikipedia ^fr

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ka.fe/
Standard French (file)
Belgium (file)
Central France (file)
West France (file)
Quebec (file)

NounEdit

café m (usually uncountable, plural cafés)

coffee (drink)
Synonyms: caoua, noir, petit noir

Hypernym: boisson

Hyponyms: bistouille, café arrosé, café au lait, café-calva, café-chicorée, café chocolaté, café crème, café filtre, café frappé, café-lambig, café turc, cappuccino, décaféiné, expresso, macchiato, ristretto
coffee colour
public house
cafe, coffee shop

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Haitian Creole: kafe
Louisiana Creole: kafe

Borrowings

→ Albanian: kafeja
→ Alemannic German: Kaafe
→ Arabic: كَافِيه‎ (kāfē)
Gulf Arabic: كافيه‎ (kāfē)
→ Asturian: café
→ Bulgarian: кафе́ (kafé)
→ Cantonese: 咖啡 (gaa³ fe¹)
Taishanese: 咖啡 (ga¹ fie²)
→ Coeur d'Alene: lkaapi
→ Crimean Tatar: kafe
→ Danish: café
→ English: café
→ German: Café (“café”)
→ German: Kaffee (“coffee”)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kaffe
→ Dutch: café
→ Hebrew: קָפֶה‎ (kafé)
→ Kumak: kafe
→ Luxembourgish: Café
→ Mandarin: 咖啡 (kāfēi)
→ Norman: café
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kaffi
→ Nzadi: kafɛ
→ Ojibwe: aapii
→ Russian: кафе́ (kafé)
- → Armenian: կաֆե (kafe)
- → Mongolian: кафе (kafe)
- → Ukrainian: кафе́ (kafé)
→ Portuguese: café, cafè
- Kadiwéu: gaape
→ Serbo-Croatian: kafić
→ Spanish: café
- → Cebuano: kape
- → Central Tarahumara: kajé
- → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: cafe
- → Hiligaynon: kape
- → Mecayapan Nahuatl: capej
- → Navajo: ahwééh
- → Tagalog: kapé
  - → Min Nan: 咖啡 (ka-pé)
- → Waray-Waray: kape
→ Swedish: café
→ Thai: กาแฟ (gaa-fɛɛ)
→ West Uvean: kafe
→ Vietnamese: cà phê

AdjectiveEdit

café (plural cafés)

of the colour of coffee

ReferencesEdit

^ Etymology and history of “cafe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

AnagramsEdit

face

GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /kɐˈfɛ/

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

café

Wikipedia ^gl

NounEdit

café m (plural cafés)

coffee
O día estaba frío, i dempois de xantar os convidados dixeron que non lles sentaría mal unha cunca de café.
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
coffee bean
coffee plant
cafeteria

SynonymsEdit

(coffee plant): cafeeira

Related termsEdit

cafeeira

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French café.

NounEdit

café m (plural cafés)

(Jersey) coffee (beverage)
(Jersey) café (establishment)

Related termsEdit

caf'tchiéthe (“coffee pot”)

PortugueseEdit

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

café

Wikipedia ^pt

Alternative formsEdit

cafè (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈfɛ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈfɛ/

Audio "Um café" (Brazil) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: ca‧fé

NounEdit

café m (plural cafés)

coffee
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
Ellipsis of café da manhã.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Kadiwéu: gaape

SpanishEdit

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

café

Wikipedia ^es

café

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /kaˈfe/ [kaˈfe]
Audio (BOL) (file)
Rhymes: -e
Syllabification: ca‧fé

AdjectiveEdit

café (plural café or cafés)

brown

NounEdit

café m (plural cafés)

coffee
cafe, coffee shop

Derived termsEdit

(augmentatives) cafetón
café con leche
café con piernas
café concierto
café de civeta
café helado
café irlandés
café para todos
café solo
cafeína
cafelito
cafetal
cafetera
cafetería
cafetero
cafeto
descafeinado
(diminutives) cafecito, cafelito
máquina de café (“coffee machine, coffee maker”)
molinillo de café
molino de café

DescendantsEdit

→ Cebuano: kape
→ Central Tarahumara: kajé
→ Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: cafe
→ Hiligaynon: kape
→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: capej
→ Navajo: ahwééh
→ Tagalog: kapé
- → Min Nan: 咖啡 (ka-pé)
→ Waray-Waray: kape

SwedishEdit

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

café

Wikipedia ^sv

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French café.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /kaˈfeː/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -eː

NounEdit

café n

cafe, coffee shop

DeclensionEdit

Declension of café
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	café	caféet	caféer	caféerna
Genitive	cafés	caféets	caféers	caféernas

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

The definite singular form can also be cafét/caféts.

[1] Etymology and history of “cafe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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café

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