Meaning
Concepts
coffee of Liège
coffee tree
deep brown
coffee lounge
Café
bar-room
coffee berry
Synonyms
cafét’
cafeu
couleur café
estaminet
poudre de café
cafetaria
cafétaria
petit restaurant
cafèt’
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.fe/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Italian caffè, first appearing as the form caveé, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caoua.
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