caffè

See also: caffe and caffé

English

Alternative forms

• caffe
• caffé (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè. Doublet of café and coffee.

Noun

caffè (plural caffès)

1. An Italian café.
   • 1977, Robert S. Kane, Italy A to Z: A Grand Tour of the Classic Cities, Doubleday, page 5:

     He then relaxes over an espresso in a caffè, and resumes.

   • 2008, Emma Jones, Hunter Travel Guides: Tuscany and Umbria, Hunter Publishing, page 23:

     In caffès you should pay first at la cassa and then take your ticket (lo scontrino) to the bar, […]

   • 2011, Santa Montefiore, The Mermaid Garden, Simon and Schuster, page 279:

     […] ; other days she waited on tables in the caffè in Piazza Laconda.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kafˈfɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

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Noun

caffè m (invariable)

1. coffee (plant and drink)
2. a café

   Synonym: bar

Related terms

• ammazzacaffè
• caffeario
• caffeicolo
• caffeina
• caffellatte
• caffetteria
• caffettiera
• caffettiere

 

Descendants

All are borrowed

• Cimbrian: kafè
• Dutch: koffie (see there for further descendants)
• English: caffè
• Faroese: kaffi
• Finnish: kahvi
• French: café (see there for further descendants)
• Irish: caife
• Icelandic: kaffi
• Maltese: kafè
• Mòcheno: kafè
• New Latin: cafea
• Swedish: kaffe
  • → Finnish: kahvi
• West Flemish: kaffie