cafe

See also: CAFE, café, cafè, and Café

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkæˈfeɪ/, /ˈkæfeɪ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæfeɪ/, (dated) /ˈkæfi/
  • (General South African) IPA(key): /kɛˈfiː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æfeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

cafe (plural cafes)

  1. Alternative form of café.
    • 2025 January 21, Vivian Song, “Specialty Coffee Shops and Parisian Cafes”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Many customers who head straight to the bar at cafes, where espressos are cheaper than table service, are blue-collar workers, he said, in search of a quick, inexpensive caffeine hit.
  2. (South Africa) A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish café.

Noun

cafe

  1. coffee

Middle English

Noun

cafe

  1. alternative form of cave

Occitan

Alternative forms

Noun

cafe m (plural cafes) (Limousin)

  1. coffee (beverage)
  2. café (establishment)