café au lait
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French café au lait (literally “coffee with milk”).
Noun
café au lait (countable and uncountable, plural café au laits)
- A mixture of coffee and hot milk.
- Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink.
- a light coffee colour.
Related terms
Translations
coffee with milk
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colour
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Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French café au lait (“coffee with milk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
café au lait c (singular definite café au laiten or café au lait'en, plural indefinite café au laiter or café au lait'er)
Inflection
Declension of café au lait
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | café au lait | café au laiten café au lait'en |
café au laiter café au lait'er |
café au laiterne café au lait'erne |
genitive | café au laits | café au laitens café au lait'ens |
café au laiters café au lait'ers |
café au laiternes café au lait'ernes |
Further reading
café au lait on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Pronunciation
Noun
café au lait m (plural cafés au lait)
- white coffee.
- Deux cafés au lait, s'il vous plait.
Descendants
Adjective
café au lait (invariable)
- Light brown.
- Une peau café au lait.
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