café

== English == === Alternative forms === cafe caffè (Italianate) caffe (Italianate) caffé (Italianate, nonstandard) caff (UK, informal) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkæfeɪ/ Homophone: CAFE Rhymes: -æfeɪ, -eɪ === Noun === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (coffee shop): caff (British slang), coffeehouse, coffee shop, tea shop, coffee bar ==== Coordinate terms ==== bar bistro cafeteria restaurant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === face, ecaf == Asturian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French café. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈfe/ [kaˈfe] Rhymes: -e Syllabification: ca‧fé === Noun === café m (plural cafés) coffee a cafe, coffee shop === Further reading === García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “café”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “café”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN == Catalan == === Pronunciation === === Noun === café m (plural cafés) (Valencia) alternative spelling of cafè == Champenois == === Alternative forms === cafio === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.fe/ === Noun === café m (plural cafés) coffee ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[2] (in French), Troyes == Danish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French café. === Noun === café c (singular definite caféen, plural indefinite caféer) café ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fortovscafé == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaːˈfeː/ Hyphenation: ca‧fé Rhymes: -eː === Noun === café n (plural cafés, diminutive cafeetje n) café; coffee shop Synonym: koffiehuis pub, bar Synonyms: kroeg, biercafé snackbar Synonym: eetcafé ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian caffè, first appearing as the form caveé, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caoua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.fe/ === Noun === 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 terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== cafèt’ cafétéria décaféination décaféiner ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: kafe Louisiana Creole: kafe Mauritian Creole: kafe Borrowings === Adjective === café (plural cafés) of the colour of coffee === References === === Further reading === “café”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === face == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈfɛ/ [kɑˈfɛ] Rhymes: -ɛ Hyphenation: ca‧fé === Noun === café m (plural cafés) coffee coffee bean coffee plant cafeteria ==== Synonyms ==== (coffee plant): cafeeira ==== Related terms ==== cafeeira === Further reading === “café”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “café”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from French café. === Noun === café m (plural cafés) (Jersey) coffee (beverage) (Jersey) café (establishment) ==== Related terms ==== caf'tchiéthe (“coffee pot”) == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French café. Doublet of kawa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈfɛ/ Rhymes: -ɛ Syllabification: ca‧fé === Noun === café n (indeclinable) café, coffee shop (establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises) Synonym: kawiarnia === Further reading === “café”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === cafè, caffé (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Classical Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). === Pronunciation === (Alentejo, some speakers) IPA(key): /kɐˈfɛj/ Rhymes: -ɛ Hyphenation: ca‧fé === Noun === café m (countable and uncountable, plural cafés) (uncountable) coffee (beverage) coffee (a serving of this beverage) coffee bean coffee (powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds) coffee (any plant of the genus Coffea) Synonyms: cafezeiro, cafeeiro café; coffee shop (establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages) coffee (pale brown color) (Brazil) ellipsis of café da manhã (“breakfast”) (Brazil) ellipsis of café da tarde ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kadiwéu: gaape === Adjective === café (invariable) coffee (having a pale brown color) === References === === Further reading === “café”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French café, or less likely directly from Italian caffè. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈfe/ [kaˈfe] Rhymes: -e Syllabification: ca‧fé === Adjective === café m or f (masculine and feminine plural café or cafés) brown === Noun === café m (plural cafés) coffee cafe, coffee shop brown ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: kape → Central Bikol: kape ⇒ Central Nahuatl: cafetzin → Central Tarahumara: kajé → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: cafe → Hiligaynon: kape → Mecayapan Nahuatl: capej → Navajo: ahwééh → Tagalog: kape→ Hokkien: 咖啡 (ka-pé) → Waray-Waray: kape === Further reading === “café”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === café n alternative spelling of kafé (“café, coffee shop”) ==== Declension ==== === References === “café”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)