cafea

Latin

Alternative forms

• cafaea, cafaeum; cafēum
• caffaea, caffaeum; caffēa, caffēum
• coffaea, coffaeum; coffēa, coffēum

Etymology

Compare Coffea.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈfeː.a/, [käˈfeːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈfe.a/, [käˈfɛːä]

Noun

cafēa f (genitive cafēae); first declension

1. (New Latin) coffee

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cafēa	cafēae
Genitive	cafēae	cafēārum
Dative	cafēae	cafēīs
Accusative	cafēam	cafēās
Ablative	cafēā	cafēīs
Vocative	cafēa	cafēae

Derived terms

• caffēīnum (“caffeine”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Akin to French café.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfe̯a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ca‧fea

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Noun

cafea f (plural cafele)

1. (uncountable) coffee
2. (countable) serving of coffee

Declension

Declension of cafea

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cafea	cafeaua	(niște) cafele	cafelele
genitive/dative	(unei) cafele	cafelei	(unor) cafele	cafelelor
vocative	cafea		cafelelor

Derived terms

• cafeniu

References

• cafea in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)