caffè

See also: caffe and caffé

English

Alternative forms

caffe
caffé (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè.

Noun

caffè (plural caffès)

An Italian café.
- 1977, Robert S. Kane, Italy A to Z: A Grand Tour of the Classic Cities, Doubleday, page 5:
  He then relaxes over an espresso in a caffè, and resumes.
- 2008, Emma Jones, Hunter Travel Guides: Tuscany and Umbria, Hunter Publishing, page 23:
  In caffès you should pay first at las cassa and then take your ticket (lo scontrino) to the bar, […]
- 2011, Santa Montefiore, The Mermaid Garden, Simon and Schuster, page 279:
  […] ; other days she waited on tables in the caffè in Piazza Laconda.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه‎ (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة‎ (qahwa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kafˈfɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ
Audio (file)

Noun

caffè m (invariable)

coffee (plant and drink)
a café
Synonym: bar

Related terms

Descendants

→ Dutch: koffie
- → Chechen: кофе (kofe)
- → English: coffee
  - → Burmese: ကော်ဖီ (kauhpi)
  - → Gujarati: કૉફી (kɔphī)
  - → Hausa: kṑfī
  - → Hindi: कॉफ़ी (kŏfī), कॉफी (kŏphī)
  - → Korean: 커피 (keopi)
  - → Maia: kopi
  - → Navajo: gohwééh
  - → Scottish Gaelic: cofaidh
  - Tok Pisin: kopi
  - → Welsh: coffi
- → Japanese: コーヒー (kōhī)
- → Kyrgyz: кофе (kofe)
- → Malay: kopi
  - Indonesian: kopi
  - → Min Nan: 咖啡 (ko-pi, ko-phi)
- → Russian: ко́фе (kófe)
  - → Armenian: կոֆե (kofe)
- → West Frisian: kofje
→ English: caffè
→ Faroese: kaffi
→ French: café
- → Albanian: kafeja
- → Alemannic German: Kaafe
- → Bulgarian: кафе́ (kafé)
- → Cantonese: 咖啡 (gaa3 fe1)
- → English: café
- → German: Café
- → German: Kaffee
- → Mandarin: 咖啡 (kāfēi)
  - → Zhuang: gahfeih
- → Mongolian: кафе (kafe)
- → Norman: café
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: kaffi
- → Ojibwe: gaapii
- → Russian: кафе́ (kafé)
- → Portuguese: café
  - Kadiwéu: gaape
- → Spanish: café
  - → Cebuano: kape
  - → Central Tarahumara: kajé
  - → Tagalog: kapé
    - → Min Nan: 咖啡 (ka-pé)
  - → Hiligaynon: kape
  - → Mecayapan Nahuatl: capej
  - → Navajo: ahwééh
  - → Waray-Waray: kape
- → Swedish: café
- → Thai: กาแฟ (gaa-fɛɛ)
→ Irish: caife
→ Icelandic: kaffi
→ West Flemish: kaffie
→ Finnish: kahvi

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