caffè
See also: caffe and caffé
English
Alternative forms
- caffe
- caffé (nonstandard)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian caffè. Doublet of café and coffee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæˈfeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophone: café (one pronunciation)
Noun
caffè (plural caffès)
- An Italian café.
- 1977, Robert S. Kane, Italy A to Z: A Grand Tour of the Classic Cities, Doubleday, page 5:
- He then relaxes over an espresso in a caffè, and resumes.
- 2008, Emma Jones, Hunter Travel Guides: Tuscany and Umbria, Hunter Publishing, page 23:
- In caffès you should pay first at la cassa and then take your ticket (lo scontrino) to the bar, […]
- 2011, Santa Montefiore, The Mermaid Garden, Simon and Schuster, page 279:
- […] ; other days she waited on tables in the caffè in Piazza Laconda.
- 1977, Robert S. Kane, Italy A to Z: A Grand Tour of the Classic Cities, Doubleday, page 5:
Related terms
- caffè americano
- caffè latte
- caffè macchiato
- caffè mocha
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kafˈfɛ/*
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: caf‧fè
Noun
caffè m (invariable, diminutive-derogatory caffeùccio)
- coffee (plant and drink)
- café
- Synonym: bar
Related terms
- ammazzacaffè
- caffeario
- caffeicolo
- caffeina
- caffellatte
- caffetteria
- caffettiera
- caffettiere
Descendants
- → Cimbrian: kafè
- → Dutch: koffie (see there for further descendants)
- → English: caffè
- → Faroese: kaffi
- → French: café (see there for further descendants)
- → Irish: caife
- → Icelandic: kaffi
- → Maltese: kafè
- → Mòcheno: kafè
- → New Latin: cafea
- → Swedish: kaffe, caffe
- → Finnish: kahvi
- → West Flemish: kaffie