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A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a snack taken during a break in the work day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a ten-minute coffee break
- the British have tea breaks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tea break
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bite, collation, snack
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
اِسْتِرَاحَة
(istirāḥa)
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Chinese Mandarin:
咖啡時間 /咖啡时间
(kāfēi shíjiān)
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Danish:
kaffepause
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Dutch:
koffiepauze
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Estonian:
kohvipaus
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Finnish:
kahvitauko
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Finnish:
kahvipaussi
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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French:
pause-café
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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German:
Kaffeepause
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Hungarian:
kávészünet
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Irish:
sos caife
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Irish:
briseadh caife
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Japanese:
コーヒーブレイク
(kōhī bureiku)
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Korean:
휴식 시간
(hyusik sigan)
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Korean:
커피 타임
(keopi taim)
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Korean:
커피 브레이크
(keopi beureikeu)
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kaffepause
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kaffipause
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Polish:
przerwa na kawę
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Russian:
ко́фе-бре́йк
(kófe-brɛ́jk)
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Russian:
кофе-па́уза
(kofe-páuza)
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Russian:
переры́в на ко́фе
(pererýv na kófe)
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Swedish:
kafferast
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Swedish:
kaffepaus
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
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Turkish:
kahve molası
— a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
