café

Meaning

Frequency

A1
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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