καφές
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve, “coffee”) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈfes/
Noun
καφές • (kafés) m (plural καφέδες)
- cup of coffee
- Έχω ανάγκη έναν καφές για να ξυπνήσω.
- Écho anágki énan kafés gia na xypníso.
- I need a cup of coffee to wake me up.
- coffee
- Ο καφές και η σοκολάτα έχουν καφεΐνη. ― O kafés kai i sokoláta échoun kafeḯni. ― Coffee and chocolate have caffeine.
- (in the singular) ground coffee, roast coffee, coffee bean
- (in the singular) coffee plant
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | καφές (kafés) | καφέδες (kafédes) |
| genitive | καφέ (kafé) | καφέδων (kafédon) |
| accusative | καφέ (kafé) | καφέδες (kafédes) |
| vocative | καφέ (kafé) | καφέδες (kafédes) |
Coordinate terms
- ελληνικός (καφές) m (ellinikós (kafés), “Greek coffee”)
- εσπρέσο m or n (espréso, “espresso”)
- καπουτσίνος m (kapoutsínos, “cappuccino”)
- τούρκικος (καφές) m (toúrkikos (kafés), “Turkish coffee”)
- φραπέ m (frapé, “frappé, iced instant coffee”)
Related terms
- καφέ n (kafé, “coffee colour”)
- καφέ μπαρ n (kafé bar, “coffee bar”)
- καφεδάκι n (kafedáki, “cup of coffee”, diminutive)
- καφεδάκος m (kafedákos, “cup of coffee”, diminutive)
- καφεδής (kafedís, “coffee coloured”)
- καφεμαντεία f (kafemanteía, “coffee fortune telling, tasseography”)
- καφενεδάκι n (kafenedáki, “cafe”, diminutive)
- καφενείο n (kafeneío, “cafe”)
- καφενές m (kafenés, “cafe”, informal)
- καφεόδεντρο n (kafeódentro, “coffee plant”)
- καφές με ολίγη (kafés me olígi, “coffee with a little sugar”)
- καφές της παρηγοριάς (kafés tis parigoriás, “funeral coffee”)
- καφετέρια f (kafetéria, “cafeteria”)
- καφετζής m (kafetzís, “cafe owner/worker”)
- καφετζού f (kafetzoú, “cafe owner/worker”)
- καφετής (kafetís, “coffee coloured”)
- καφετιέρα f (kafetiéra, “coffee pot”)
Further reading
- Terms with καφε- (senses for "coffee" and καφέ (kafé, “brown”) 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)
- καφές on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el