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café

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • US: /ˌkæˈfeɪ/
  • UK: /ˈkæfeɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: CAFE
  • rhymes with -æfeɪ
  • rhymes with -eɪ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A small restaurant of any genre.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee.

Across languages

Translations

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kafee — coffee shop
  • Afrikaans: koffiehuis — coffee shop
  • Albanian: kafene — coffee shop
  • Amharic: ካፌ (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: مَقْهًى (maqhan) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: كَافِيه (kāfīh) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: قهوة (ʔahwa) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: كافيه (kafē) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: قهوة (gahwa) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: مقهى (maqha, magha) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: كافيه (kafē) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: قهوة (qahwa) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: قهوة (ʔahwe, gahwa) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: مقهى (maʔha, magha) — coffee shop
  • Arabic: كافيه (kafē) — coffee shop
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܵܐ (qāhwaḳana) — coffee shop
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܩܲܗܘܵܐ (bēt qāhwa) — coffee shop
  • Armenian: սրճարան (srčaran) — coffee shop
  • Armenian: կաֆե (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Asturian: cafetería — coffee shop
  • Asturian: café — coffee shop
  • Azerbaijani: qəhvəxana — coffee shop
  • Azerbaijani: kafe — coffee shop
  • Bashkir: ҡәһүәхана (qəhwəxana) — coffee shop
  • Belarusian: кавя́рня (kavjárnja) — coffee shop
  • Belarusian: кафэ́ (kafé) — coffee shop
  • Bengali: হোটেল (hōṭel) — coffee shop
  • Bengali: ক্যাফে (kêphe) — coffee shop
  • Bengali: কফি হাউস (kophi haus) — coffee shop
  • Bulgarian: кафене́ (kafené) — coffee shop
  • Bulgarian: кафе́ (kafé) — coffee shop
  • Burmese: ကဖီး (ka.hpi:) — coffee shop
  • Burmese: လက်ဖက်ရည်ဆိုင် (lakhpak-ranyhcuing) — coffee shop
  • Catalan: cafè — coffee shop
  • Catalan: cafeteria — coffee shop
  • Chinese Cantonese: 咖啡屋 (gaa3 fe1 uk1) — coffee shop
  • Chinese Cantonese: 咖啡店 (gaa3 fe1 dim3) — coffee shop
  • Chinese Cantonese: 咖啡館 /咖啡馆 (gaa3 fe1 gun2) — coffee shop
  • Chinese: кафэ (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Chinese: 咖啡廳 /咖啡厅 (ka-pi-thian) — coffee shop
  • Chinese: 咖啡館 /咖啡馆 (ka-pi-koán) — coffee shop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咖啡屋 (kāfēiwū) — coffee shop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咖啡店 (kāfēidiàn) — coffee shop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咖啡館 /咖啡馆 (kāfēiguǎn) — coffee shop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咖啡廳 /咖啡厅 (kāfēitīng) — coffee shop
  • Cornish: koffiji — coffee shop
  • Crimean Tatar: qavehane — coffee shop
  • Czech: kavárna — coffee shop
  • Danish: café — coffee shop
  • Danish: cafe — coffee shop
  • Dutch: café — coffee shop
  • Dutch: koffiehuis — coffee shop
  • Esperanto: kafejo — coffee shop
  • Estonian: kohvik — coffee shop
  • Faroese: kaffistova — coffee shop
  • Faroese: kaffihús — coffee shop
  • Finnish: kahvila — coffee shop
  • French: café — coffee shop
  • Galician: cafetaría — coffee shop
  • Galician: cafetería — coffee shop
  • Galician: café — coffee shop
  • Galician: bar — coffee shop
  • Georgian: კაფე (ḳape) — coffee shop
  • Georgian: ყავახანა (q̇avaxana) — coffee shop
  • German: Café — coffee shop
  • German: Kaffeehaus — coffee shop
  • Greek: καφενείο (kafeneío) — coffee shop
  • Greek: καφετέρια (kafetéria) — coffee shop
  • Greek: καφέ (kafé) — coffee shop
  • Gujarati: કૅફે (kěphe) — coffee shop
  • Hebrew: בֵּית קָפֶה (bet kafé) — coffee shop
  • Hindi: कैफ़े (kaife) — coffee shop
  • Hindi: क़हवाघर (qahvāghar) — coffee shop
  • Hindi: कॉफ़ीख़ाना (kŏfīxānā) — coffee shop
  • Hindi: कॉफ़ीघर (kŏfīghar) — coffee shop
  • Hindi: कॉफ़ीहाउस (kŏfīhāus) — coffee shop
  • Hungarian: kávéház — coffee shop
  • Hungarian: kávézó — coffee shop
  • Hungarian: presszó — coffee shop
  • Hungarian: eszpresszó — coffee shop
  • Icelandic: kaffihús — coffee shop
  • Ido: kafeerio — coffee shop
  • Indonesian: warung kopi — coffee shop
  • Indonesian: kafe — coffee shop
  • Irish: caifé — coffee shop
  • Italian: caffè — coffee shop
  • Italian: caffetteria — coffee shop
  • Italian: bar — coffee shop
  • Japanese: 喫茶店 (kissaten) — coffee shop
  • Japanese: カフェ (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Japanese: 喫茶 (kissa) — coffee shop
  • Kazakh: кофехана (kofexana) — coffee shop
  • Kazakh: кафе (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Khmer: ហាងកាហ្វេ (haang kaafee) — coffee shop
  • Korean: 카페 (kape) — coffee shop
  • Korean: 까페 (kkape) — coffee shop
  • Korean: 커피숍 (keopisyop) — coffee shop
  • Korean: 커피점 (keopijeom) — coffee shop
  • Korean: 커피집 (keopijip) — coffee shop
  • Northern Kurdish: qehwexane — coffee shop
  • Northern Kurdish: kafê — coffee shop
  • Kyrgyz: кафе (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Lao: ກາເຟ (kā fē) — coffee shop
  • Lao: ຮ້ານຄາເຟ (hān khā fē) — coffee shop
  • Latvian: kafejnīca — coffee shop
  • Lithuanian: kavi̇̀nė — coffee shop
  • : ᦂᦱᦚᦶ (k̇aaḟae) — coffee shop
  • Macedonian: ка́фуле (káfule) — coffee shop
  • Macedonian: кафа́на (kafána) — coffee shop
  • Malay: kedai kopi — coffee shop
  • Malay: kafe — coffee shop
  • Marathi: कॅफे (kĕphe) — coffee shop
  • Mongolian: кафе (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Mongolian: цайны газар (cajny gazar) — coffee shop
  • Mongolian: ᠻᠠᠹᠧ ᠴᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ (kafē) — coffee shop
  • Navajo: daʼjiyání — coffee shop
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kafé — coffee shop
  • Norwegian Bokmål: café — coffee shop
  • Odia: କାଫେ (kāphe) — coffee shop
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кафич (kafič) — coffee shop
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кафе (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кафана (kafana) — coffee shop
  • Pashto: هوټل (hoṭal) — coffee shop
  • Pashto: خوړنځی (xwaṛǝnjay) — coffee shop
  • Pashto: قهوه خونه (qahwa xuna) — coffee shop
  • Dari: قَهْوَهخَانَه (qahwa-xāna) — coffee shop
  • Iranian Persian: کافِه (kâfe) — coffee shop
  • Iranian Persian: قَهْوِهخانِه (ġahve-xâne) — coffee shop
  • Iranian Persian: قَهْوِهخونِه (ġahve-xune) — coffee shop
  • Polish: kawiarnia — coffee shop
  • Polish: café — coffee shop
  • Portuguese: café — coffee shop
  • Portuguese: cafeteria — coffee shop
  • Romanian: cafenea — coffee shop
  • Russian: кафе́ (kafɛ́) — coffee shop
  • Russian: кофе́йня (koféjnja) — coffee shop
  • Russian: кафете́рий (kafɛtɛ́rij) — coffee shop
  • Northern Sami: kafea — coffee shop
  • Scottish Gaelic: cafaidh — coffee shop
  • Scottish Gaelic: bùth-cofaidh — coffee shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: кафа̀на — coffee shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: кава̀на — coffee shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка̀фӣћ — coffee shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: kafàna — coffee shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: kavàna — coffee shop
  • Serbo-Croatian: kàfīć — coffee shop
  • Shan: ၵႃၾႄ (kǎa fǎae) — coffee shop
  • Sinhalese: ආපනශාලාව (āpanaśālāwa) — coffee shop
  • Sinhalese: කැෆේ (kæfē) — coffee shop
  • Slovak: kaviareň — coffee shop
  • Slovene: kavarna — coffee shop
  • Spanish: café — coffee shop
  • Spanish: cafetería — coffee shop
  • Spanish: cafetín — coffee shop
  • Spanish: cafetucho — coffee shop
  • Spanish: bar cafetero — coffee shop
  • Spanish: cuchitril (despective) — coffee shop
  • Swahili: mkahawa — coffee shop
  • Swedish: kafé — coffee shop
  • Swedish: café — coffee shop
  • Tagalog: kapihan — coffee shop
  • Tajik: қаҳвахона (qahvaxona) — coffee shop
  • Tajik: кафе (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Tamil: அருந்தகம் (aruntakam) — coffee shop
  • Tamil: கபே (kapē) — coffee shop
  • Tamil: கஃபே (kafē) — coffee shop
  • Tatar: каһвәханә (qähwäxanä) — coffee shop
  • Thai: กาแฟ (gaa-fɛɛ) — coffee shop
  • Thai: ร้านกาแฟ (ráan-gaa-fɛɛ) — coffee shop
  • Thai: คาเฟ่ (kaa-fêe) — coffee shop
  • Northern Thai: ᨠᩣᨺᩯ — coffee shop
  • Tigrinya: ካፈ (kafä) — coffee shop
  • Tongan: fale kai — coffee shop
  • Turkish: kafe — coffee shop
  • Turkish: kahvehane — coffee shop
  • Ottoman Turkish: قهوهخانه (kahvehâne) — coffee shop
  • Ottoman Turkish: قازینو (kazino) — coffee shop
  • Turkmen: kebaphana — coffee shop
  • Turkmen: kofehana — coffee shop
  • Turkmen: kafe — coffee shop
  • Ukrainian: кав'я́рня (kavʺjárnja) — coffee shop
  • Ukrainian: кафе́ (kafé) — coffee shop
  • Urdu: ہوٹَل (hoṭal) — coffee shop
  • Urdu: کَیفے (kaife) — coffee shop
  • Urdu: قَہْوَہ خانَہ (qahva xāna) — coffee shop
  • Urdu: کافی خانَہ (kāfī xāna) — coffee shop
  • Urdu: کوفی خانَہ (kofī xāna) — coffee shop
  • Urdu: کافی ہاؤُس (kāfī hāus) — coffee shop
  • Urdu: کافی گَھر (kāfī ghar) — coffee shop
  • Uyghur: قەھۋەخانا (qehwexana) — coffee shop
  • Uzbek: qahvaxona — coffee shop
  • Uzbek: kafe — coffee shop
  • Uzbek: kafeteriy — coffee shop
  • Vietnamese: tiệm cà phê — coffee shop
  • Vietnamese: quán cà phê — coffee shop
  • Vietnamese: quán nước — coffee shop
  • Volapük: kafibötöp — coffee shop
  • Welsh: caffi — coffee shop
  • Welsh: siop goffi — coffee shop
  • Yiddish: קאַפֿע (kafe) — coffee shop
  • Yiddish: קאַווע־הויז (kave-hoyz) — coffee shop
  • Yiddish: קאַוויאַרניע (kavyarnye) — coffee shop
  • Zhuang: hongq gahfeih — coffee shop
  • Zhuang: ranz gahfeih — coffee shop