καφέ

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Greek

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈfe/
  • Hyphenation: κα‧φέ

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from French café (coffee, coffee coloured) (colour usage).

Adjective

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καφέ (kafé) (indeclinable)

  1. of brown (color/colour)
    Έφυγε το κουμπί της καφέ φούστας μου.
    Éfyge to koumpí tis kafé foústas mou.
    The button of my brown skirt is torn (literally: gone).
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Noun

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καφέ (kafén (indeclinable)

  1. (color) brown, coffee (color/colour)
    Δε μ' αρέσουν τα καφέ. Προτιμώ το μαύρο από το καφέ.
    De m' arésoun ta kafé. Protimó to mávro apó to kafé.
    I don't like the browns. I prefer black to brown.
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See also

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Colors in Greek · χρώματα (chrómata) (layout · text)
     λευκό (lefkó)      γκρι (gkri)      μαύρο (mávro)
             κόκκινο (kókkino); βυσσινί (vyssiní)              πορτοκαλί (portokalí); καφέ (kafé)              κίτρινο (kítrino); κρεμ (krem)
             λαχανί (lachaní)              πράσινο (prásino)             
             κυανό (kyanó); βαθυκύανο (vathykýano)              γαλάζιο (galázio)              μπλε (ble)
             ιόχρους (ióchrous); ινδικό (indikó)              ματζέντα (matzénta); μωβ (mov)              ροζ (roz)

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from French café (coffee shop, cafe)

Noun

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καφέ (kafén (indeclinable)

  1. cafe, coffee shop
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Etymology 3

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Inflectional form.

Noun

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καφέ (kafén

  1. Genitive, accusative and vocative singular form of καφές (kafés).

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