καφές
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve, “coffee”) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Noun
καφές • (kafés) m (plural καφέδες)
- cup of coffee
- έχω ανάγκη δύο καφέδες για να ξυπνήσω. ― écho anágki dýo kafédes gia na xypníso. ― I need two coffees to wake me up
- beverage extracted from ground coffee
- (singular only) ground coffee, roast coffee, coffee bean
- (singular only) coffee plant
Declension
declension of καφές
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | καφές • | καφέδες • |
| genitive | καφέ • | καφέδων • |
| accusative | καφέ • | καφέδες • |
| vocative | καφέ • | καφέδες • |
Coordinate terms
- καπουτσίνος m (kapoutsínos, “cappuccino”)
Related terms
- καφεδάκι n (kafedáki, “cup of coffee”, diminutive form)
- καφεδάκος m (kafedákos, “cup of coffee”, diminutive form)
- καφεμαντεία f (kafemanteía, “coffee fortune telling, tasseography”)
- καφενείο n (kafeneío, “cafe”)
- καφενεδάκι n (kafenedáki, “cafe”, diminutive form)
- καφές με ολίγη (kafés me olígi, “coffee with a little sugar”)
- καφενές m (kafenés, “cafe”, informal)
- καφετέρια f (kafetéria, “cafeteria”)
- καφετιέρα f (kafetiéra, “coffee pot”)
- καφετζής m (kafetzís, “cafe owner or worker”)
- καφετζού f (kafetzoú, “cafe owner or worker”)
- καφέ μπαρ n (kafé bar, “coffee bar”)
- καφεόδεντρο n (kafeódentro, “coffee plant”)
- καφέ n (kafé, “coffee colour”)
- καφετής (kafetís, “coffee coloured”)
- καφεδής (kafedís, “coffee coloured”)
- καφές της παρηγοριάς (kafés tis parigoriás, “funeral coffee”)
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