kafeteria

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish cafetería.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑfeteriɑ/, [ˈkɑfe̞ˌt̪e̞riɑ]
• Rhymes: -eriɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧fe‧te‧ri‧a

Noun

kafeteria

1. cafeteria

Declension

Inflection of kafeteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		kafeteria	kafeteriat
genitive		kafeterian	kafeterioiden kafeterioitten
partitive		kafeteriaa	kafeterioita
illative		kafeteriaan	kafeterioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kafeteria	kafeteriat
accusative	nom.	kafeteria	kafeteriat
	gen.	kafeterian
genitive		kafeterian	kafeterioiden kafeterioitten kafeteriainrare
partitive		kafeteriaa	kafeterioita
inessive		kafeteriassa	kafeterioissa
elative		kafeteriasta	kafeterioista
illative		kafeteriaan	kafeterioihin
adessive		kafeterialla	kafeterioilla
ablative		kafeterialta	kafeterioilta
allative		kafeterialle	kafeterioille
essive		kafeteriana	kafeterioina
translative		kafeteriaksi	kafeterioiksi
instructive		—	kafeterioin
abessive		kafeteriatta	kafeterioitta
comitative		—	kafeterioineen

Possessive forms of kafeteria (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kafeteriani	kafeteriamme
2nd person	kafeteriasi	kafeterianne
3rd person	kafeteriansa

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Japanese

Romanization

kafeteria

1. Rōmaji transcription of カフェテリア

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From American English cafeteria, from Latin American Spanish cafetería.

Noun

kafeteria m (definite singular kafeteriaen, indefinite plural kafeteriaer, definite plural kafeteriaene)

1. a cafeteria

References

• “kafeteria” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kafeteria” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From American English cafeteria, from Latin American Spanish cafetería.

Noun

kafeteria m (definite singular kafeteriaen, indefinite plural kafeteriaer or kafeteriaar, definite plural kafeteriaene or kafeteriaane)

1. a cafeteria

References

• “kafeteria” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

From American English cafeteria, from Spanish cafetería.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.fɛˈtɛ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: ka‧fe‧te‧ria

Noun

kafeteria f

1. cafeteria (restaurant)

Declension

Declension of kafeteria

	singular	plural
nominative	kafeteria	kafeterie
genitive	kafeterii	kafeterii/kafeteryj (archaic)
dative	kafeterii	kafeteriom
accusative	kafeterię	kafeterie
instrumental	kafeterią	kafeteriami
locative	kafeterii	kafeteriach
vocative	kafeterio	kafeterie

Further reading

• kafeteria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kafeteria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Noun

kafeteria c

1. Alternative spelling of cafeteria