καφέ
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈfe/
- Hyphenation: κα‧φέ
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from French café (“coffee, coffee coloured”) (colour usage).
Adjective
καφέ • (kafé) (indeclinable)
- of brown (color/colour)
- Έφυγε το κουμπί της καφέ φούστας μου.
- Éfyge to koumpí tis kafé foústas mou.
- The button of my brown skirt is torn (literally: gone).
Synonyms
Related terms
- καφε- (kafe-, “compounds”)
- see: καφές m (kafés, “coffee”)
Noun
καφέ • (kafé) n (indeclinable)
- (color) brown, coffee (color/colour)
- Δε μ’ αρέσουν τα καφέ. Προτιμώ το μαύρο από το καφέ.
- De m’ arésoun ta kafé. Protimó to mávro apó to kafé.
- I don't like the browns. I prefer black to brown.
Synonyms
See also
| λευκό (lefkó) | γκρι (gkri) | μαύρο (mávro) |
| κόκκινο (kókkino); βυσσινί (vyssiní) | πορτοκαλί (portokalí); καφέ (kafé) | κίτρινο (kítrino); κρεμ (krem) |
| λαχανί (lachaní) | πράσινο (prásino) | |
| κυανό (kyanó); βαθυκύανο (vathykýano) | γαλάζιο (galázio) | μπλε (ble) |
| ιόχρους (ióchrous); ινδικό (indikó) | ματζέντα (matzénta); μωβ (mov) | ροζ (roz) |
- καφέ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from French café (“coffee shop, cafe”)
Noun
καφέ • (kafé) n (indeclinable)
Synonyms
Related terms
Etymology 3
Inflectional form.
Noun
καφέ • (kafé) n
- genitive/accusative/vocative singular of καφές (kafés)
Further reading
- καφέ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- καφέ - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christikó lexikó tis neoellenikís glóssas) [A Practical Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
- Terms with καφε- (senses for "brown" and καφές m (kafés, “coffee”) included.) — Anastasiadi-Symeonidi, Anna (2003) Αντίστροφο λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής (ΑΛΝΕ) [Α Reverse Index of Modern Greek (RIMG)] @ins Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandafyllidis Foundation) ISBN:960-231-097-9 & online @greek-language.gr (abbreviations, asterisk for literary words)