Phrase guide

kopi luwak

noun · 1 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈkoʊpi ˈlu(w)æk/
  • /ˈkoʊpi ˈlu(w)ɑk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Coffee made from the beans of coffee berries eaten, digested and defecated by civets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: civet coffee

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian kopi luwak from kopi + luwak, with Indonesian kopi from Malay kopi & Indonesian luwak from Javanese luwak.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قهوَة الكوبي لواك — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貓屎咖啡 /猫屎咖啡 (māoshǐ kāfēi) — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麝香貓咖啡 /麝香猫咖啡 (shèxiāngmāo kāfēi) — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Dutch: kopi loewak — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Esperanto: civetkafo — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Finnish: näätäkahvi — coffee made from eaten berries
  • German: Kopi Luwak — coffee made from eaten berries
  • German: Katzenkaffee — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Hebrew: קופי לואק — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Hungarian: cibetkávé — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Italian: kopi luwak — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Japanese: コピ・ルアク — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Korean: 코피 루왁 (kopi ruwak) — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Lao: ກາເຟຂີ້ຊະມົດ (kā fē khī sa mot) — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Malayalam: കോപ്പി ലുവാക് (kōppi luvākŭ) — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Polish: kopi luwak — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Portuguese: Kopi Luwak — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Russian: ко́пи лу́вак (kópi lúvak) — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Spanish: kopi luwak — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Spanish: café de civeta — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Swedish: kopi luwak — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Tamil: கோப்பி லுவாக் (kōppi luvāk) — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Thai: กาแฟขี้ชะมด (gaa-fɛɛ-kîi-chá-mót) — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Ukrainian: копі лювак (kopi ljuvak) — coffee made from eaten berries
  • Vietnamese: cà phê chồn — coffee made from eaten berries