caff

English

Etymology

Clipping of cafeteria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæf/
• Rhymes: -æf

Noun

caff (plural caffs)

1. (British, slang) café, cafeteria.

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Middle English

Noun

caff

1. Alternative form of chaf

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Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English calf (“young cow”).

Noun

caff

1. Alternative form of cauf (“calf (young cow)”)

Etymology 2

From Middle English caf, caff, kaf, kaff, alternative forms of chaf, from Old English ċeaf, *cæf, from Proto-Germanic *kafą.

Alternative forms

• cauf, cawf, calf, cauff, kaff

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaf/, /kɑːf/

Noun

caff (uncountable)

1. Chaff; the parts of harvested grain not usable as food, especially straw or husks.

References

• “caff, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 15 February 2019, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.