coffee

== English == === Alternative forms === coffée (rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Doublet of café and caffè and cognate with the words for "coffee" in other major European languages, most of which are derived from the Turkish and Italian words. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒfi/ (conservative RP) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːfɪ/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger, lot–cloth split) IPA(key): /ˈkɔfi/ (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkɑfi/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈkɒfi/ (New York City) IPA(key): /ˈkoəfi/, [ˈkɔ̟fi] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔfi/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɒfi/, [ˈkɔ̟fi] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkɔfe/, /-fɪ/, /-fi/ Homophone: coughy Hyphenation: cof‧fee Rhymes: -ɒfi, -ɔːfi === Noun === coffee (countable and uncountable, plural coffees) (uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water. [from 1598] (countable) A serving of this beverage. The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape. The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds. A tropical plant of the genus Coffea. A pale brown color, like that of milk coffee. The end of a meal, when coffee is served. ==== Synonyms ==== Thesaurus:coffee Thesaurus:color ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === coffee (not comparable) Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee. Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === coffee (third-person singular simple present coffees, present participle coffeeing, simple past and past participle coffeed or coffee'd) (intransitive) To drink coffee. (transitive) To give coffee to. === See also === === References === === Further reading === Category:coffee on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons coffee on Wikiquote.Wikiquote