café au lait
English
Alternative forms
- coffee au lait, cafe au lait
Etymology
Borrowed from French café au lait (literally “coffee with milk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkæfeɪ əʊ ˈleɪ/, /kæˌfeɪ əʊ ˈleɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
café au lait (countable and uncountable, plural café au laits or cafés au lait)
- A mixture of coffee and hot milk.
- Coordinate terms: caffè latte, latte, café noir
- 1985, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 164:
- It was like using a language I'd once known but had nearly forgotten, a language having to do with customs that had long before passed out of the world: café au lait at an outdoor table, with a brioche, absinthe in a tall glass, or shrimp in a cornucopia of newspaper; things I'd once read about but had never seen.
- Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink.
- (color) A light coffee colour.
- café au lait:
Usage notes
Oxford Canadian Spelling indicates the preferred plural form is cafés au lait.[1]
Derived terms
- café au lait spot
Translations
coffee with milk
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colour
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References
- Robert Pontisso and Eric Sinkins, editors (1999) Oxford Canadian Spelling, Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 72, column 1
Danish
Alternative forms
- cafe au lait
Etymology
From French café au lait (“coffee with milk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kafeolɛ/, [kʰafeoˈlɛ]
Noun
café au lait c (singular definite café au laiten or café au lait'en, plural indefinite café au laiter or café au lait'er)
- café au lait
Inflection
Declension of café au lait
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | café au lait | café au laiten café au lait'en | café au laiter café au lait'er | café au laiterne café au lait'erne |
genitive | café au laits | café au laitens café au lait'ens | café au laiters café au lait'ers | café au laiternes café au lait'ernes |
Further reading
- “café au lait” in Den Danske Ordbog
café au lait on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.fe o lɛ/
Audio (file)
Noun
café au lait m (plural cafés au lait)
- white coffee
- Deux cafés au lait, s'il vous plait.
Coordinate terms
- latté
Descendants
- → Danish: café au lait
- → English: café au lait
- → Mandarin: 咖啡歐蕾 (kāfēiōulěi)
Adjective
café au lait (invariable)
- Light brown
- Une peau café au lait.
- A light brown skin.