adj
Meaning 1
That has caffeine removed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decaf
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdiːkæf/
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CMU ARPABET: D IY1 K AE0 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
coffee with the caffeine removed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decaffeinated coffee
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coffee, java
History
Etymology
Clipping of decaffeinated.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: безкофеиново кафе (bezkofeinovo kafe) — a decaffeinated drink
- Dutch: decaf — a decaffeinated drink
- Dutch: deca — a decaffeinated drink
- Finnish: kofeiiniton — a decaffeinated drink
- French: déca — a decaffeinated drink
- German: koffeinfreies Getränk — a decaffeinated drink
- Italian: decaffeinato — a decaffeinated drink
- Japanese: デカフェ (dekafe) — a decaffeinated drink
- Japanese: カフェインレス (kafeinresu) — a decaffeinated drink
- Russian: ко́фе без кофеи́на — a decaffeinated drink
- Spanish: descafeinado — a decaffeinated drink
- Swedish: koffeinfritt — a decaffeinated drink
- Turkish: kafeinsiz içecek — a decaffeinated drink