English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of cafetière.
Pronunciation
Noun
cafeteria (plural cafeterias)
- (chiefly US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
- (chiefly US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
restaurant
- Albanian: mensë (sq) f, menxë f
- Arabic: مَقْصَف (ar) m (maqṣaf), كَافِتِيرِيَا f (kāfetēriyā)
- Armenian: ճաշարան (hy) (čašaran)
- Azerbaijani: yeməkxana (az), bufet (az), kafeteriya, aşxana
- Bashkir: ашхана (aşxana)
- Basque: kantina (eu), jantegi (eu)
- Belarusian: стра́ўня f (stráŭnja), кафэтэ́рый m (kafetéryj)
- Bulgarian: столо́ва (bg) f (stolóva)
- Catalan: cafeteria f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 餐廳 / 餐厅 (caan1 teng1), 飯堂 / 饭堂 (faan6 tong4)
- Mandarin: 食堂 (zh) (shítáng), 餐廳 / 餐厅 (zh) (cāntīng)
- Chuvash: столовӑй (stolovăj)
- Czech: jídelna (cs) f, bufet (cs), menza (cs) (at university)
- Danish: cafeteria (da) n
- Dutch: kantine (nl) f, cafetaria (nl) m or f
- Estonian: söökla (et), kantiin, kafeteeria
- Finnish: kahvio (fi) (usually as part of a larger entity such as a large retail store); kafeteria (fi)
- French: cafétéria (fr) f, cafèt’ (fr) f , cantine (fr) f
- Georgian: სასადილო (sasadilo)
- German: Cafeteria (de) f, Kantine (de) f
- Greek: καφετέρια (el) f (kafetéria), καντίνα (el) f (kantína), τραπεζαρία (el) f (trapezaría)
- Ancient Greek: φιδίτιον n (phidítion)
- Hebrew: מִזְנוֹן (he) m (miznon), קָפִיטֶרְיָה (he) f (kafitéria), קַנטִינָה (he) f (kantina)
- Hindi: कैंटीन (hi) m (kaiṇṭīn), कैफ़ेटेरिया m (kaifeṭeriyā), काफ़ीघर m (kāfīghar)
- Hungarian: kantin (hu), menza (hu), bisztró (hu), önkiszolgáló étterem/étkezde, étkezde (hu)
- Ido: kantino (io)
- Italian: caffetteria (it) f, mensa (it) f
- Japanese: 食堂 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō), カフェテリア (ja) (kafeteria)
- Kazakh: асхана (asxana)
- Korean: 식당(食堂) (ko) (sikdang), 카페테리아 (kapeteria)
- Kyrgyz: ашкана (ky) (aşkana), столовая (ky) (stolovaya)
- Lao: ໂຮງອາຫານ (hō ng hān)
- Latin: cafeteria
- Latvian: ēdnīca f, kafetērija f
- Lithuanian: valgykla f
- Macedonian: кантина f (kantina), кафетерија f (kafeterija)
- Malay: kafeteria
- Maori: kāmuri
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: цайны газар (cajny gazar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kafeteria (no) m
- Nynorsk: kafeteria m
- Persian: کافهتریا (kâfe-teriyâ)
- Polish: kafeteria (pl) f, stołówka (pl) f
- Portuguese: cafeteria (pt) f, cantina (pt) f
- Romanian: cofetărie (ro) f, cantină (ro) f
- Russian: кафете́рий (ru) m (kafetɛ́rij), столо́вая (ru) f (stolóvaja), заку́сочная (ru) f (zakúsočnaja), буфе́т (ru) m (bufét)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: канти́на f, кафетѐрија f
- Roman: kantína (sh) f, kafetèrija (sh) f
- Slovak: kantína f, jedáleň f
- Slovene: menza (sl) f
- Spanish: cafetería (es) f, cantina (es) f
- Swahili: mikahawa (sw)
- Swedish: cafeteria (sv) c, fik (sv) n, lunchrestaurang (sv) c, kafé (sv) n, lunchservering c, servering (sv) c
- Tajik: ошхона (tg) (ošxona)
- Thai: โรงอาหาร (roong-aa-hǎan)
- Tongan: fale kai
- Turkish: kantin (tr), kafeterya (tr)
- Turkmen: mytara
- Ukrainian: їда́льня (uk) f (jidálʹnja), кафете́рій m (kafetérij)
- Uyghur: ئاشخانا (ashxana)
- Uzbek: oshxona (uz), ovqatxona (uz), yemakxona (uz), kafeterya (uz)
- Yiddish: קאַפֿעטעריע f (kafeterye), קאַנטינע f (kantine), סטאָלאָווע f (stolove), סטאָלאָווקע f (stolovke)
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dining area
- Armenian: ճաշարան (hy) (čašaran)
- Azerbaijani: yeməkxana (az), kafeteriya, aşxana
- Belarusian: стра́ўня f (stráŭnja), стало́вая f (stalóvaja), яда́льня f (jadálʹnja), стало́ўка f (stalóŭka), стало́ўня f (stalóŭnja), кафетэ́рый m (kafjetéryj), кафэтэ́рый m (kafetéryj)
- Bulgarian: столо́ва (bg) f (stolóva)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 食堂 (zh) (shítáng), 餐廳 / 餐厅 (zh) (cāntīng), 館子 / 馆子 (zh) (guǎnzi)
- Czech: kantýna (cs) f, jídelna (cs) f
- Danish: cafeteria (da) n (meals can be purchased), kantine (da) c (meals can be purchased), spisesal c (schools), frokoststue (da) c (companies, no sale of food)
- Dutch: cafetaria (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: manĝejo
- Estonian: kafeteeria, söökla (et)
- Finnish: ruokala (fi), kanttiini (fi), kafeteria (fi)
- French: caféteria f, cantine (fr) f, réfectoire (fr) m
- German: Kantine (de) f, Mensa (de) f (at university)
- Greek: καφετέρια (el) f (kafetéria)
- Hebrew: חדר אוכל m (khéder ókhel), קָפִיטֶרְיָה (he) f (kafitéria)
- Hungarian: étkező (hu), büfé (hu)
- Italian: mensa (it)
- Japanese: 食堂 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō), カフェテリア (ja) (kafeteria), 学食 (ja) (がくしょく, gakushoku) (school cafeteria)
- Kazakh: асхана (asxana), дәмхана (dämxana)
- Khmer: អាហារដ្ឋាន (ʼaahaaratthaan)
- Korean: 식당(食堂) (ko) (sikdang), 구내식당(構內食堂) (gunaesikdang), 카페테리아 (kapeteria)
- Kyrgyz: ашкана (ky) (aşkana), столовая (ky) (stolovaya), кафетерий (ky) (kafeteriy)
- Latvian: ēdnīca f, kafetērija f
- Lithuanian: valgykla f
- Macedonian: кантина f (kantina), менза f (menza)
- Malay: kafeteria
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: гуанз (mn) (guanz)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kafeteria (no) m
- Nynorsk: kafeteria m
- Persian: کافهتریا (kâfe-teriyâ)
- Polish: stołówka (pl) f
- Portuguese: refeitório (pt), cantina (pt)
- Russian: столо́вая (ru) f (stolóvaja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: канти́на f, ме̏нза f
- Roman: kantína (sh) f, mȅnza (sh) f
- Slovak: kantína f, jedáleň f
- Slovene: menza (sl) f
- Spanish: comedor (es) m, cantina (es) f, casino (es) m
- Swahili: mikahawa (sw)
- Swedish: matsal (sv) c, lunchrum (sv) n, fik (sv) n, matbespisning c, kantin (sv) c
- Tajik: ошхона (tg) (ošxona)
- Thai: โรงอาหาร (roong-aa-hǎan)
- Turkish: kantin (tr), kafeterya (tr), aşhane (tr)
- Turkmen: aşhana (tk), mytara
- Ukrainian: їда́льня (uk) f (jidálʹnja), кафете́рій m (kafetérij)
- Uzbek: oshxona (uz), ovqatxona (uz), yemakxona (uz), kafeteriy
- Vietnamese: nhà ăn (vi), căng tin (vi), căn tin
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Catalan
Etymology
From cafeter + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
cafeteria f (plural cafeteries)
- coffeehouse, cafe
Further reading
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑfeteriɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝fe̞ˌt̪e̞riɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -eriɑ
Noun
cafeteria
- alternative form of kafeteria
Declension
| Inflection of cafeteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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| nominative
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cafeteria
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cafeteriat
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| genitive
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cafeterian
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cafeterioiden
cafeterioitten
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| partitive
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cafeteriaa
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cafeterioita
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| illative
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cafeteriaan
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cafeterioihin
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cafeteria
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cafeteriat
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| accusative
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nom.
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cafeteria
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cafeteriat
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| gen.
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cafeterian
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| genitive
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cafeterian
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cafeterioiden
cafeterioitten
cafeteriain rare
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| partitive
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cafeteriaa
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cafeterioita
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| inessive
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cafeteriassa
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cafeterioissa
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| elative
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cafeteriasta
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cafeterioista
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| illative
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cafeteriaan
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cafeterioihin
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| adessive
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cafeterialla
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cafeterioilla
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| ablative
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cafeterialta
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cafeterioilta
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| allative
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cafeterialle
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cafeterioille
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| essive
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cafeteriana
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cafeterioina
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| translative
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cafeteriaksi
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cafeterioiksi
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| abessive
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cafeteriatta
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cafeterioitta
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| instructive
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—
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cafeterioin
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| comitative
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See the possessive forms below.
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| first-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cafeteriani
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cafeteriani
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| accusative
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nom.
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cafeteriani
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cafeteriani
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| gen.
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cafeteriani
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| genitive
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cafeteriani
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cafeterioideni
cafeterioitteni
cafeteriaini rare
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| partitive
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cafeteriaani
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cafeterioitani
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| inessive
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cafeteriassani
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cafeterioissani
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| elative
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cafeteriastani
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cafeterioistani
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| illative
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cafeteriaani
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cafeterioihini
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| adessive
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cafeteriallani
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cafeterioillani
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| ablative
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cafeterialtani
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cafeterioiltani
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| allative
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cafeterialleni
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cafeterioilleni
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| essive
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cafeterianani
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cafeterioinani
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| translative
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cafeteriakseni
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cafeterioikseni
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| abessive
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cafeteriattani
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cafeterioittani
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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cafeterioineni
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| second-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cafeteriasi
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cafeteriasi
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| accusative
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nom.
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cafeteriasi
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cafeteriasi
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| gen.
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cafeteriasi
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| genitive
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cafeteriasi
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cafeterioidesi
cafeterioittesi
cafeteriaisi rare
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| partitive
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cafeteriaasi
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cafeterioitasi
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| inessive
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cafeteriassasi
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cafeterioissasi
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| elative
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cafeteriastasi
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cafeterioistasi
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| illative
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cafeteriaasi
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cafeterioihisi
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| adessive
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cafeteriallasi
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cafeterioillasi
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| ablative
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cafeterialtasi
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cafeterioiltasi
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| allative
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cafeteriallesi
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cafeterioillesi
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| essive
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cafeterianasi
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cafeterioinasi
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| translative
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cafeteriaksesi
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cafeterioiksesi
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| abessive
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cafeteriattasi
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cafeterioittasi
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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cafeterioinesi
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| first-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cafeteriamme
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cafeteriamme
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| accusative
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nom.
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cafeteriamme
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cafeteriamme
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| gen.
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cafeteriamme
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| genitive
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cafeteriamme
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cafeterioidemme
cafeterioittemme
cafeteriaimme rare
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| partitive
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cafeteriaamme
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cafeterioitamme
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| inessive
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cafeteriassamme
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cafeterioissamme
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| elative
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cafeteriastamme
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cafeterioistamme
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| illative
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cafeteriaamme
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cafeterioihimme
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| adessive
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cafeteriallamme
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cafeterioillamme
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| ablative
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cafeterialtamme
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cafeterioiltamme
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| allative
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cafeteriallemme
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cafeterioillemme
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| essive
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cafeterianamme
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cafeterioinamme
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| translative
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cafeteriaksemme
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cafeterioiksemme
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| abessive
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cafeteriattamme
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cafeterioittamme
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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cafeterioinemme
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| second-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cafeterianne
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cafeterianne
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| accusative
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nom.
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cafeterianne
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cafeterianne
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| gen.
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cafeterianne
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| genitive
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cafeterianne
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cafeterioidenne
cafeterioittenne
cafeteriainne rare
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| partitive
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cafeteriaanne
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cafeterioitanne
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| inessive
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cafeteriassanne
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cafeterioissanne
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| elative
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cafeteriastanne
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cafeterioistanne
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| illative
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cafeteriaanne
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cafeterioihinne
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| adessive
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cafeteriallanne
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cafeterioillanne
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| ablative
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cafeterialtanne
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cafeterioiltanne
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| allative
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cafeteriallenne
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cafeterioillenne
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| essive
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cafeteriananne
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cafeterioinanne
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| translative
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cafeteriaksenne
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cafeterioiksenne
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| abessive
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cafeteriattanne
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cafeterioittanne
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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cafeterioinenne
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| third-person possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cafeteriansa
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cafeteriansa
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| accusative
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nom.
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cafeteriansa
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cafeteriansa
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| gen.
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cafeteriansa
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| genitive
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cafeteriansa
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cafeterioidensa
cafeterioittensa
cafeteriainsa rare
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| partitive
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cafeteriaansa
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cafeterioitaan
cafeterioitansa
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| inessive
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cafeteriassaan
cafeteriassansa
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cafeterioissaan
cafeterioissansa
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| elative
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cafeteriastaan
cafeteriastansa
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cafeterioistaan
cafeterioistansa
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| illative
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cafeteriaansa
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cafeterioihinsa
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| adessive
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cafeteriallaan
cafeteriallansa
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cafeterioillaan
cafeterioillansa
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| ablative
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cafeterialtaan
cafeterialtansa
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cafeterioiltaan
cafeterioiltansa
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| allative
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cafeterialleen
cafeteriallensa
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cafeterioilleen
cafeterioillensa
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| essive
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cafeterianaan
cafeterianansa
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cafeterioinaan
cafeterioinansa
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| translative
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cafeteriakseen
cafeteriaksensa
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cafeterioikseen
cafeterioiksensa
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| abessive
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cafeteriattaan
cafeteriattansa
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cafeterioittaan
cafeterioittansa
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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cafeterioineen
cafeterioinensa
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Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cafetería.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.fe.teˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.fe.teˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.fe.teˈɾi.a/
- Hyphenation: ca‧fe‧te‧ri‧a
Noun
cafeteria f (plural cafeterias)
- cafeteria (type of restaurant)
Swedish
Noun
cafeteria c
- cafeteria
Declension