koffie
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).
Noun
koffie (plural koffies, diminutive koffietje)
- coffee
Dutch
Etymology
From Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.fi/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: kof‧fie
Noun
koffie f or m (plural koffies, diminutive koffietje n)
- coffee
Usage notes
Masculine in Belgium and the southern Netherlands, historically feminine in the northern Netherlands.
Derived terms
- koffiebar
- koffieboon
- koffiehuis
- koffiekan
- koffiepoeder
- koffiepot
- koffietijd
- koffie verkeerd
Descendants
- → Chechen: кофе (kofe)
- → English: coffee
- → Burmese: ကော်ဖီ (kauhpi)
- → Gujarati: કૉફી (kɔphī)
- → Hausa: kṑfī
- → Hindi: कॉफ़ी (kŏfī), कॉफी (kŏphī)
- → Korean: 커피 (keopi)
- → Maia: kopi
- → Navajo: gohwééh
- → Scottish Gaelic: cofaidh
- Tok Pisin: kopi
- → Welsh: coffi
- → Japanese: コーヒー (kōhī)
- → Kyrgyz: кофе (kofe)
- → Malay: kopi
- Indonesian: kopi
- → Min Nan: 咖啡 (ko-pi, ko-phi)
- → Russian: ко́фе (kófe)
- → Armenian: կոֆե (kofe)
- → West Frisian: kofje