café au lait

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French café au lait (literally coffee with milk).

Noun

café au lait (countable and uncountable, plural café au laits)

  1. A mixture of coffee and hot milk.
  2. Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink.
  3. a light coffee colour.

Translations


Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French café au lait (coffee with milk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kafeolɛ/, [kʰafeoˈlɛ]

Noun

café au lait c (singular definite café au laiten or café au lait'en, plural indefinite café au laiter or café au lait'er)

  1. café au lait

Inflection

Further reading


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.fe o lɛ/
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Noun

café au lait m (plural cafés au lait)

  1. white coffee.
    Deux cafés au lait, s'il vous plait.

Adjective

café au lait (invariable)

  1. Light brown.
    Une peau café au lait.
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