cafeteria

See also cafetería

English

Etymology

(Mid 19th or 20th century) American Spanish cafetería, coffeehouse, from cafetera, coffee maker, from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh, from Arabic qahwa

Noun

Wikipedia cafeteria (plural cafeterias)

1. A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat
2. A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above) or brought in from elsewhere

Related terms

• caf
• café, cafe

Synonyms

• lunchroom
• (dining area in an institution): canteen

Translations

restaurant

• Catalan: cafeteria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食堂 (cmn) (shítáng), 餐廳 (cmn), 餐厅 (cmn) (cāntīng)

• Czech: jídelna f, bufet, menza (at university)
• Finnish: kahvio (fi), kafeteria (fi)
• French: cafétéria, cafèt'
• Greek: καπηεταιρια (kaphetairia)
• Hebrew: מזנון (he) (miznon) m, קפיטריה (he) (kafitéria) f
• Italian: caffeteria
• Japanese: 食堂 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō)
• Korean: 식당 (ko) (sikdang) (食堂 (ko))

• Latin: cafeteria (la)
• Malay: kafeteria (ms)
• Polish: kafeteria (pl) f
• Portuguese: cafeteria (pt) f
• Romanian: cofetărie f
• Russian: кафетерий (ru) (kafɛtɛ́rij) m, закусочная (ru) (zakúsočnaja) f
• Spanish: cafetería (es) f
• Swahili: mikahawa (sw)
• Swedish: cafeteria (sv) c, fik (sv) n, lunchrestaurang (sv) c, kafé (sv) n, lunchservering (sv) c, servering (sv) c
• Tongan: fale kai (to)
• Uyghur: ئاشخانا (ug) (ashxana)
• Vietnamese: nhà ăn (vi)

a dining area

• Armenian: ճաշարան (hy) (č̣ašaran)
• Czech: kantýna (cs) f
• Dutch: cafetaria (nl) m and f
• Finnish: ruokala (fi)
• French: caféteria, cantine, réfectoire
• German: Kantine (de) f, Mensa (cafetreia at a university) (de) f
• Hebrew: אתר הסעדה (he) (atár has'adá) m, קפיטריה (he) (kafitéria) f
• Italian: mensa (it)

• Malay: kafeteria (ms)
• Polish: stołówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: refeitório (pt), cantina (pt)
• Russian: столовая (ru) (stolóvaja) f
• Spanish: comedor (es) m, cantina (es) f, casino (es) m
• Swahili: mikahawa (sw)
• Swedish: matsal (sv) c, lunchrum (sv) n, fik (sv) n, matbespisning (sv) c, kantin (sv) c

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəfətəˈɾiə/, X-SAMPA: /k@f@t@"4i@/
• Rhymes: -iə

Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeteries)

1. cafe
2. cafeteria

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Finnish

Noun

cafeteria

1. cafeteria

Declension

Declension of cafeteria (type kulkija) singular plural nominative cafeteria cafeteriat genitive cafeterian cafeterioiden cafeterioitten cafeteriain1 partitive cafeteriaa cafeterioita accusative cafeteria cafeterian cafeteriat inessive cafeteriassa cafeterioissa elative cafeteriasta cafeterioista illative cafeteriaan cafeterioihin adessive cafeterialla cafeterioilla ablative cafeterialta cafeterioilta allative cafeterialle cafeterioille essive cafeteriana cafeterioina translative cafeteriaksi cafeterioiksi instructive – cafeterioin abessive cafeteriatta cafeterioitta comitative – cafeterioineen 1) Rare.

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Swedish

Noun

cafeteria c

1. cafeteria

Declension

Declension of cafeteria

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cafeteria	cafeterian	cafeterior	cafeteriorna
genitive	cafeterias	cafeterians	cafeteriors	cafeteriornas

Alternative forms

• kafeteria