καφές

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve, “coffee”) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun

καφές • (kafés) m (plural καφέδες)

1. cup of coffee

   Έχω ανάγκη δύο καφέδες για να ξυπνήσω. ― Écho anágki dýo kafédes gia na xypníso. ― I need two cups of coffee to wake me up.

2. beverage extracted from ground coffee

   Ο καφές και η σοκολάτα έχουν καφεΐνη. ― O kafés kai i sokoláta échoun kafeḯni. ― Coffee and chocolate have caffeine.

3. (singular only) ground coffee, roast coffee, coffee bean
4. (singular only) coffee plant

Declension

Declension of καφές

	singular	plural
nominative	καφές •	καφέδες •
genitive	καφέ •	καφέδων •
accusative	καφέ •	καφέδες •
vocative	καφέ •	καφέδες •

Coordinate terms

• καπουτσίνος m (kapoutsínos, “cappuccino”)

Greek coffees:

• ελληνικός (καφές) m (ellinikós (kafés), “Greek coffee”) or τούρκικος (καφές) m (toúrkikos (kafés), “Turkish coffee”)
• φραπέ m (frapé, “frappé, iced instant coffee”)

Related terms

• καφεδάκι n (kafedáki, “cup of coffee”, diminutive form)
• καφεδάκος m (kafedákos, “cup of coffee”, diminutive form)
• καφεμαντεία f (kafemanteía, “coffee fortune telling, tasseography”)
• καφενείο n (kafeneío, “cafe”)
• καφενεδάκι n (kafenedáki, “cafe”, diminutive form)
• καφές με ολίγη (kafés me olígi, “coffee with a little sugar”)
• καφενές m (kafenés, “cafe”, informal)
• καφετέρια f (kafetéria, “cafeteria”)
• καφετιέρα f (kafetiéra, “coffee pot”)
• καφετζής m (kafetzís, “cafe owner or worker”)

• καφετζού f (kafetzoú, “cafe owner or worker”)
• καφέ μπαρ n (kafé bar, “coffee bar”)
• καφεόδεντρο n (kafeódentro, “coffee plant”)
• καφέ n (kafé, “coffee colour”)
• καφετής (kafetís, “coffee coloured”)
• καφεδής (kafedís, “coffee coloured”)
• καφές της παρηγοριάς (kafés tis parigoriás, “funeral coffee”)

Further reading

• καφές on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el