café
English
/ˌkæˈfeɪ/, /ˈkæfeɪ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from French café (coffee, coffee shop, coffee coloured).
Origin
French
café
Gloss
coffee, coffee shop, coffee coloured
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- café-goer English
- coffee English
- cybercafé English
- goer English
- Café German
- Kaffee German
- caffè Italian
- café Dutch, Flemish
- cafetière French
- café French
- café-vélo French
- caféier French
- caféisme French
- chasse-café French
- cybercafé French
- pousse-café French
- vélo-café French
- кафе Russian
- кафе́ Russian
- café Swedish
- kaffi Norwegian Nynorsk
- café Danish
- kafo Esperanto
- کافه Persian
- กาแฟ Thai
- καφέ Greek (modern)
- caffi Welsh
- café Norman
- kopi Malay
- ကဖီး Burmese
- קפה Hebrew (modern)
- قهوه Ottoman Turkish
- 咖啡 Chinese
- Kaafe Alemannic German
- 카페 Korean
- кафэ Belarusian
- café Asturian
- កាហ្វេ Central Khmer
- ກາເຟ Lao
- كافيه Hijazi Arabic
- kafe Crimean Tatar
- gaapii Ojibwa
- كافيه Gulf Arabic
- Kafää Bavarian
- kav fes White Hmong
- kafɛ Nzadi
- kafi' Chickasaw
- kafe West Uvean
- kafe Kumak