kafe

See also: kafé, káfe, kafè, and kafɛ

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قهوه‎ (kahve, “coffee”), from Arabic قَهْوَة‎ (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”). Another explanation claims it traces back to the name of the Kaffa region of Ethiopia, which is an Omotic word.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkafɛ], [kaˈfɛ]

Noun

kafe f (indefinite plural kafe, definite singular kafja, definite plural kafet)

  1. a plant of the genus Coffea, coffee bean
  2. ground coffee beans, the beverage brewed from it
  3. coffeeshop
Derived terms
  • kafene
  • kafehane
  • kafexhi
  • kafenjtë
  • kafeinë

References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kafe”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 688


Basque

Noun

kafe

  1. coffee

Declension
(inanimate noun) declension of kafe
indefinite singular plural
absolutivekafekafeakafeak
ergativekafekkafeakkafeek
dativekaferikafearikafeei
genitivekaferenkafearenkafeen
comitativekaferekinkafearekinkafeekin
causativekaferengatikkafearengatikkafeengatik
benefactivekaferentzatkafearentzatkafeentzat
instrumentalkafezkafeazkafeez
inessivekafetankafeankafeetan
locativekafetakokafekokafeetako
allativekafetarakaferakafeetara
terminativekafetarainokaferainokafeetaraino
directivekafetarantzkaferantzkafeetarantz
destinativekafetarakokaferakokafeetarako
ablativekafetatikkafetikkafeetatik
partitivekaferik
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prolativekafetzat
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Synonyms
  • akeita

Derived terms

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French café.

Noun

kafe

  1. café

Declension
Declension of kafe
nominative kafe
genitive kafeniñ
dative kafege
accusative kafeni
locative kafede
ablative kafeden

Synonyms

References
  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkafɛ]
  • Rhymes: -afɛ

Noun

kafe n

  1. (colloquial) coffee (beverage)

Declension
Declension
singular plural
nominative kafe kafe
genitive kafe kafí
dative kafi kafím
accusative kafe kafe
vocative kafe kafe
locative kafi kafích
instrumental kafem kafi

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading
  • kafe in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kafe in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hausa

Verb

kafḕ (grade 4)

  1. to fasten something onto
  2. To become stuck
  3. to persist, to be obstinate

Indonesian

Noun

kafe (plural kafe-kafe, first-person possessive kafeku, second-person possessive kafemu, third-person possessive kafenya)

  1. café

Japanese

Romanization

kafe

  1. Rōmaji transcription of カフェ

Kumak

Etymology

From French café.

Noun

kafe

  1. coffee

References
  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN

North Frisian

Noun

kafe

  1. (Mooring) coffee

Polish

Etymology

From German Kaffee.

Noun

kafe f

  1. (Silesia) coffee

West Uvean

Etymology

From French café.

Noun

kafe

  1. coffee

References
  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN
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