cafés au lait

English

Noun

cafés au lait

1. plural of café au lait
   • 1941, Joseph S. Galland, Ethel Vaughan, Progressive French Grammar, The Macmillan Company, page 185:

     While going to La Madeleine, one of the most famous churches in Paris, they stopped at the Café de la Paix, seated themselves on the terrace, and ordered two cafés au lait.

   • 1992, Barbara Anderson, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, →ISBN, page 235:

     He would like two cafés au lait and two croissants, please. ‘Black cherry jam OK?’ Sarah nodded. ‘And cherry jam.’

   • 1995, William Rodarmor, transl., Tamata and the Alliance, Sheridan House, translation of Tamata et l’alliance by Bernard Moitessier, →ISBN, page 15:

     He led me to one of those little Chinese bistros around the market, pointed to a stool, sat down across from me, and ordered two cafés au lait.

   • 2000, Jeffrey Hatcher, To Fool the Eye: An Adaptation of Jean Anouilh’s Léocadia, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 56:

     AMANDA. No lemonade. Two cafés au lait. / PRINCE. Hot. / AMANDA. Very hot, Monsieur is cold. / PROPRIETOR. (Confused.) Two cafés au lait? Uh-huh. You know, I only said lemonade because the scrip — well, because it’s usually lemonade, and — But if you want café au lait, I can make café au lait.

   • 2005, Cheryl Mendelson, Love, Work, Children: A Novel, Random House, →ISBN, page 320:

     Peter held the door for her, found her a chair, and fetched two cafés au lait, all with an ease that had elements of both fatherliness and suave date.

   • 2008, Martín Caparrós, translated by Jasper Reid, Valfierno: The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa: A Novel, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 44:

     The door opened and his wife appeared with a wooden tray: two cafés au lait and a plate of pastries.

   • 2011, Ellen Crosby, The Sauvignon Secret: A Wine Country Mystery, Scribner, →ISBN:

     He hung up and I moved to the front of the coffee line. While I waited for two cafés au lait, I found Brooke’s number and called.

   • 2014, Cal Peternell, Twelve Recipes, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

     We immediately put a comfortable routine into place that started with three chocolate croissants and two cafés au lait every morning.

   • 2014, Jessamyn Hope, Safekeeping: A Novel, Fig Tree Books, →ISBN, page 95:

     Louise ordered two cafés au lait and two mille-feuilles.

   • 2016, T. C. Boyle, The Terranauts, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     Add to that the fact that I was feeling light-headed from caffeine overload because I’d wound up having two cafés au lait at the pastry shop while Linda and I tried to talk things through.

   • 2017, Jack Batten, Booking In: A Crang Mystery, Dundurn Press, →ISBN:

     A café called Faema was on the northwest corner. We went in and ordered two cafés au lait plus a plate of biscotti.

   • 2020, Andrea Bolter, Captivated by Her Parisian Billionaire, Harlequin Books, →ISBN:

     Jules ordered two cafés au lait and four croissants, which were still warm in the bag the cashier presented.

Anagrams

• cafe au laits, café au laits

French

Noun

cafés au lait m pl

1. plural of café au lait