caffè

See also: caffe and caffé

English

Alternative forms

• caffe
• caffé (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè. Doublet of café and coffee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæˈfeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophone: café (one pronunciation)

Noun

caffè (plural caffès)

1. An Italian café.
   • 1977, Robert S. Kane, Italy A to Z: A Grand Tour of the Classic Cities, Doubleday, page 5:

     He then relaxes over an espresso in a caffè, and resumes.

   • 2008, Emma Jones, Hunter Travel Guides: Tuscany and Umbria, Hunter Publishing, page 23:

     In caffès you should pay first at la cassa and then take your ticket (lo scontrino) to the bar, […]

   • 2011, Santa Montefiore, The Mermaid Garden, Simon and Schuster, page 279:

     […] ; other days she waited on tables in the caffè in Piazza Laconda.

Related terms

• caffè americano
• caffè latte
• caffè macchiato
• caffè mocha

 

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kafˈfɛ/^*

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: caf‧fè

Noun

caffè m (invariable, diminutive-derogatory caffeùccio (“café”))

1. coffee (plant and drink)
2. café

   Synonym: bar

Related terms

• ammazzacaffè
• caffeario
• caffeicolo
• caffeina
• caffellatte
• caffetteria
• caffettiera
• caffettiere

 

Descendants

• → Cimbrian: kafè
• → Dutch: koffie (see there for further descendants)
• → English: caffè
• → Faroese: kaffi
• → French: café (see there for further descendants)
• → Irish: caife
• → Icelandic: kaffi
• → Mòcheno: kafè
• → New Latin: cafēa
• → Spanish: café (see there for further descendants)
• → Swedish: kaffe, caffe (archaic)
  • → Finnish: kahvi
• → West Flemish: kaffie