Phrase guide

instant coffee

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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Pronunciation

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  • UK: ĭʹnstənt kŏʹfē
  • UK: /ˌɪnstənt ˈkɒfi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated liquid, made from coffee and able to be quickly reconstituted by adding water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

dehydrated coffee that can be made into a drink by adding hot water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the advantages of instant coffee are speed of preparation and long shelf life

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coffee, java

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَهْوَة فَوْرِيَّة (qahwa fawriyya) — beverage
  • Armenian: լուծվող սուրճ (lucvoġ surč) — beverage
  • Azerbaijani: hazır qəhvə — beverage
  • Basque: istanteko kafe — beverage
  • Bulgarian: разтворимо кафе (raztvorimo kafe) — beverage
  • Catalan: cafè instantani — beverage
  • Chinese Cantonese: 即溶咖啡 (zik1 jung4 gaa3 fe1) — beverage
  • Chinese Cantonese: 咖啡精 (gaa3 fe1 zing1) — beverage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 速溶咖啡 (sùróng kāfēi) — beverage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 即溶咖啡 (jíróng kāfēi) — beverage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咖啡精 (kāfēijīng) — beverage
  • Czech: instantní káva — beverage
  • Danish: instantkaffe — beverage
  • Danish: pulverkaffe — beverage
  • Dutch: koffiepoeder — beverage
  • Dutch: oploskoffie — beverage
  • Dutch: instantkoffie — beverage
  • Esperanto: tuja kafo — beverage
  • Estonian: lahustuv kohv — beverage
  • Finnish: pikakahvi — beverage
  • Finnish: murukahvi — beverage
  • French: café instantané — beverage
  • French: café soluble — beverage
  • Galician: café instantáneo — beverage
  • Galician: café soluble — beverage
  • Georgian: ხსნადი ყავა (xsnadi q̇ava) — beverage
  • German: löslicher Kaffee — beverage
  • German: Pulverkaffee — beverage
  • German: Expresskaffee — beverage
  • German: Instantkaffee — beverage
  • Greek: στιγμιαίος καφές (stigmiaíos kafés) — beverage
  • Hebrew: קָפֶה נָמֵס — beverage
  • Hindi: तत्क्षण कॉफी (tatkṣaṇ kŏphī) — beverage
  • Hungarian: instant kávé — beverage
  • Icelandic: skyndikaffi — beverage
  • Indonesian: kopi instan — beverage
  • Italian: caffè solubile — beverage
  • Japanese: インスタントコーヒー (insutanto kōhii) — beverage
  • Kazakh: ерітілмелі кофе (erıtılmelı kofe) — beverage
  • Khmer: កាហ្វេបន្ទាន់ (kaafee bɑntoan) — beverage
  • Korean: 인스턴트 커피 (inseuteonteu keopi) — beverage
  • Lithuanian: tirpi kava — beverage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pulverkaffe — beverage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pulverkaffi — beverage
  • Persian: قهوه فوری — beverage
  • Polish: kawa rozpuszczalna — beverage
  • Portuguese: café solúvel — beverage
  • Portuguese: café instantâneo — beverage
  • Romanian: cafea instant — beverage
  • Russian: раствори́мый ко́фе (rastvorímyj kófe) — beverage
  • Sanskrit: काफीचूर्णम् (kāphīcūrṇam) — beverage
  • Slovak: instantná káva — beverage
  • Spanish: café instantáneo — beverage
  • Spanish: café soluble — beverage
  • Spanish: nescafé — beverage
  • Swedish: snabbkaffe — beverage
  • Swedish: pulverkaffe — beverage
  • Turkish: hazır kahve — beverage
  • Ukrainian: розчинна кава (rozčynna kava) — beverage
  • Vietnamese: cà phê có liền — beverage
  • Vietnamese: cà phê dùng ngay — beverage
  • Vietnamese: cà phê hòa tan — beverage