café

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. (Canada) A small restaurant of any genre.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌkæˈfeɪ/
Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee.

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