café

See also: cafe, CAFE, cafè, and Café

café - English

Alternative forms

cafe
caffè (Italianate)
caffe (Italianate)
caffé (Italianate, nonstandard)
caff (British, informal)

Pronunciation

(US) IPA: /ˌkæˈfeɪ/
(UK) IPA: /ˈkæfeɪ/
Homophone: CAFE

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

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Afrikaans: kafee, koffiehuis
Albanian: kafene (sq) f
Arabic: مَقْهًى‎ m (maqhan)
- Egyptian Arabic: قهوة‎ f (ʔahwa), كافيه‎ m (kafē)
- Hejazi Arabic: قهوة‎ f (gahwa), مقهى‎ m (maqha, magha), كافيه‎ m (kafē)
- Moroccan Arabic: قهوة‎ f (qahwa)
Armenian: սրճարան (hy) (srčaran), կաֆե (hy) (kafe)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܵܐ‎ m (qāhwaḳana), ܒܹܝܬ ܩܲܗܘܵܐ‎ m (bēt qāhwa)
Asturian: cafetería f, café (ast) m
Azerbaijani: qəhvəxana, kafe (az)
Bashkir: ҡәһүәхана (qähwäxana)
Belarusian: кавя́рня (be) f (kavjárnja), кафэ́ n (kafé)
Bengali: হোটেল (bn) (hōṭel), ক্যাফে (kêphe)
Bulgarian: кафене́ n (kafené), кафе́ (bg) n (kafé)
Burmese: ကဖီး (my) (ka.hpi:), လက်ဖက်ရည်ဆိုင် (lakhpak-ranyhcuing) (tea house)
Catalan: cafè (ca) m, cafeteria f
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 咖啡屋 (gaa³ fe¹ uk¹), 咖啡店 (gaa³ fe¹ dim³), 咖啡館／咖啡馆 (gaa³ fe¹ gun²)
- Dungan: кафэ (kafe)
- Mandarin: 咖啡屋 (zh) (kāfēiwū), 咖啡店 (zh) (kāfēidiàn), 咖啡館／咖啡馆 (zh) (kāfēiguǎn)
- Min Nan: 咖啡廳／咖啡厅 (ka-pi-thiaⁿ), 咖啡館／咖啡馆 (ka-pi-koán)
Cornish: koffiji m
Crimean Tatar: qavehane
Czech: kavárna (cs) f
Danish: café (da) c, cafe (da) c
Dutch: café (nl) n, koffiehuis (nl) n
Esperanto: kafejo
Estonian: kohvik (et)
Faroese: kaffistova f, kaffihús n
Finnish: kahvila (fi)
French: café (fr) m
Galician: cafetaría (gl) f, cafetería (gl) f, café (gl) m, bar (gl) m
Georgian: კაფე (ḳape), ყავახანა (ka) (q̇avaxana)
German: Café (de) n, Kaffeehaus (de) n
Greek: καφενείο (el) n (kafeneío), καφετέρια (el) f (kafetéria), καφέ (el) n (kafé)
Gujarati: કૅફે (kɛphe)
Hebrew: בֵּית קָפֶה‎ (he) m (beit kafé)
Hindi: होटल (hi) m (hoṭal), कैफ़े m (kaife), कैफे m (kaiphe), कॉफ़ीख़ाना m (kŏfīxānā)
Hungarian: kávéház (hu), kávézó (hu), presszó (hu), eszpresszó (hu)
Icelandic: kaffihús (is) n
Ido: kafeerio (io)
Indonesian: warung kopi, kafe (id)
Irish: caifé m
Italian: caffè (it) m, caffetteria (it) f, bar (it) m
Japanese: 喫茶店 (ja) (きっさてん, kissaten), カフェ (ja) (kafe), 喫茶 (ja) (きっさ, kissa)
Kazakh: кофехана (kofexana), кафе (kk) (kafe)
Khmer: ហាងកាហ្វេ (haang kaafee)
Korean: 카페 (ko) (kape), 커피숍 (keopisyop), 커피점 (keopijeom)
Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: qehwexane (ku), kafê (ku)
Kyrgyz: кафе (ky) (kafe)
Lao: ກາເຟ (lo) (kā fē), ຮ້ານຄາເຟ (hān khā fē)
Latvian: kafejnīca f
Lithuanian: kavìnė f
Lü: ᦂᦱᦚᦶ (k̇aaḟae)
Macedonian: ка́фуле n (káfule) (coffee house), кафа́на f (kafána) (restaurant)
Malay: kedai kopi (ms), kafe (ms)
Mongolian: кафе (mn) (kafe), цайны газар (cajny gazar)
- Mongolian: ᠻᠠᠹᠧ (khafē) ᠴᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ (čai̯-yin ɣaǰar)
Navajo: daʼjiyání
Northern Sami: kafea
Northern Thai: ᨠᩣᨺᩯ
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kafé (no) m, café (no) m
Oriya: କାଫେ (or) (kaphe)
Pashto: هوټل‎ (ps) (hoṭál), خوړنځی‎ (ps) (xwaṛǝnjáy), قهوه خونه‎ f (qahwa xúna)
Persian: کافه‎ (fa) (kâfe), قهوه‌خانه‎ (qahve-xâne)
Polish: kawiarnia (pl) f
Portuguese: café (pt) m, cafeteria (pt) f
Romanian: cafenea (ro) f
Russian: кафе́ (ru) n (kafɛ́), кофе́йня (ru) f (koféjnja), кафете́рий (ru) m (kafɛtɛ́rij)
Scottish Gaelic: cafaidh m, bùth-cofaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кафа̀на f, кава̀на f, ка̀фӣћ m
- Roman: kafàna (sh) f, kavàna (sh) f, kàfīć m
Shan: ၵႃၾႄ (kǎa fǎae)
Sinhalese: ආපනශාලාව (āpanaśālāwa)
Slovak: kaviareň (sk) f
Slovene: kavarna (sl) f
Spanish: café (es) m, cafetería (es) f (Spain), cafetín
Swahili: mkahawa (sw)
Swedish: kafé (sv) n, café (sv) n
Tagalog: kapihan
Tajik: қаҳвахона (qahvaxona), кафе (tg) (kafe)
Tamil: அருந்தகம் (ta) (aruntakam), கபே (kapē), கஃபே (kafē)
Tatar: каһвәханә (qahwäxanä)
Thai: กาแฟ (th) (gaa-fɛɛ), ร้านกาแฟ (ráan-gaa-fɛɛ), คาเฟ่ (kaa-fêe)
Tongan: fale kai
Turkish: kafe (tr), kahvehane (tr)
Turkmen: kebaphana, kofehana, kafe
Ukrainian: кав'я́рня (uk) f (kavʺjárnja), кафе́ n (kafé)
Urdu: ہوٹل‎ m (hoṭal), کیفے‎ m (kaife), کفیخانا‎ m (kofīxānā)
Uyghur: قەھۋەخانا‎ (qehwexana)
Uzbek: qahvaxona (uz), kafe (uz), kafeteriy
Vietnamese: tiệm cà phê, quán cà phê, quán nước
Volapük: kafibötöp (vo)
Welsh: caffi m, siop goffi f
Yiddish: קאַפֿע‎ (yi) m (kafe), קאַווע-הויז‎ n (kave-hoyz)

Anagrams

face, ecaf

café - Asturian

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

coffee
a cafe, coffee shop

café - Catalan

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of cafè

café - Danish

Noun

café c (singular definite caféen, plural indefinite caféer)

café

Declension

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	café	caféen	caféer	caféerne
genitive	cafés	caféens	caféers	caféernes

Derived terms

fortovscafé

café - Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /kaːˈfeː/
Hyphenation: ca‧fé

Noun

café n (plural cafés, diminutive cafeetje n)

café; coffee shop
- Synonym: koffiehuis
pub, bar
- Synonyms: kroeg, biercafé
snackbar
- Synonym: eetcafé

Derived terms

biercafé
biljartcafé
bruin café
cafébezoeker
caféhouder
eetcafé
grand café
huiskamercafé
internetcafé
poolcafé
stamcafé

café - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /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

Descendants

Haitian Creole: kafe
Louisiana Creole: kafe

Borrowings

→ Albanian: kafeja
→ Alemannic German: Kaafe
→ Arabic: كَافِيه‎ (kāfē)
- Gulf Arabic: كافيه‎ (kāfē)
→ Asturian: café
→ Bulgarian: кафе́ (kafé)
→ Cantonese: 咖啡 (gaa³ fe¹)
- Taishanese: 咖啡 (ga¹ fie²)
→ Coeur d'Alene: lkaapi
→ Crimean Tatar: kafe
→ Danish: café
→ English: café
→ German: Café (“café”)
→ German: Kaffee (“coffee”)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kaffe
→ Dutch: café
→ Hebrew: קָפֶה‎ (kafé)
→ Kumak: kafe
→ Luxembourgish: Café
→ Mandarin: 咖啡 (kāfēi)
→ Norman: café
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kaffi
→ Nzadi: kafɛ
→ Ojibwe: aapii
→ Russian: кафе́ (kafé)
- → Armenian: կաֆե (kafe)
- → Mongolian: кафе (kafe)
- → Ukrainian: кафе́ (kafé)
→ Portuguese: café, cafè
- Kadiwéu: gaape
→ Serbo-Croatian: kafić
→ Spanish: café
- → Cebuano: kape
- → Central Tarahumara: kajé
- → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: cafe
- → Hiligaynon: kape
- → Mecayapan Nahuatl: capej
- → Navajo: ahwééh
- → Tagalog: kapé
  - → Min Nan: 咖啡 (ka-pé)
- → Waray-Waray: kape
→ Swedish: café
→ Thai: กาแฟ (gaa-fɛɛ)
→ West Uvean: kafe
→ Vietnamese: cà phê

Adjective

café (plural cafés)

of the colour of coffee

Anagrams

face

café - Galician

Pronunciation

IPA: /kɐˈfɛ/

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

coffee
- O día estaba frío, i dempois de xantar os convidados dixeron que non lles sentaría mal unha cunca de café.
  - (please add an English translation of this usage example)
coffee bean
coffee plant
cafeteria

Synonyms

(coffee plant): cafeeira

Related terms

cafeeira

café - Norman

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

(Jersey) coffee (beverage)
(Jersey) café (establishment)

Related terms

caf'tchiéthe (“coffee pot”)

café - Portuguese

Alternative forms

cafè (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA: /kaˈfɛ/

(Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈfɛ/

Hyphenation: ca‧fé

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

coffee
a café, an establishment selling coffee and other beverages, alcoholic or not, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises
(Brazil) Ellipsis of café da manhã.

Derived terms

Descendants

Kadiwéu: gaape

café - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /kaˈfe/ [kaˈfe]
Syllabification: ca‧fé

Adjective

café (plural café or cafés)

brown

Noun

café m (plural cafés)

coffee
cafe, coffee shop

Derived terms

café con leche
café con piernas
café concierto
café de civeta
café helado
café irlandés
café para todos
café solo
cafeína
cafelito
cafetal
cafetera
cafetería
cafetero
cafeto
(augmentatives) cafetón
descafeinado
(diminutives) cafecito, cafelito
máquina de café (“coffee machine, coffee maker”)
molinillo de café
molino de café

Descendants

→ Cebuano: kape
→ Central Tarahumara: kajé
→ Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: cafe
→ Hiligaynon: kape
→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: capej
→ Navajo: ahwééh
→ Tagalog: kapé
- → Min Nan: 咖啡 (ka-pé)
→ Waray-Waray: kape

café - Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA: /kaˈfeː/

Noun

café n

cafe, coffee shop

Declension

Declension of café
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	café	caféet	caféer	caféerna
Genitive	cafés	caféets	caféers	caféernas

Synonyms

Derived terms

The definite singular form can also be cafét/caféts.