caffè
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:English terms borrowed from Italian#CAFFECategory:English terms derived from Italian#CAFFE caffè. Doublet of café and coffeeCategory:English doublets#CAFFE.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæˈfeɪ/Category:English 2-syllable words#CAFFECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CAFFE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CAFFEAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪ#CAFFECategory:Rhymes:English/eɪ/2 syllables#CAFFE
- Homophone: caféCategory:English terms with homophones#CAFFE (one pronunciation)
Noun
caffè (plural caffès)Category:English lemmas#CAFFECategory:English nouns#CAFFECategory:English countable nouns#CAFFECategory:English terms spelled with È#CAFFECategory:English terms spelled with ◌̀#CAFFECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CAFFECategory:Pages with entries#CAFFÈCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CAFFÈ
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#CAFFE
- 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, […]Category:English terms with quotations#CAFFE
- 2011, Santa Montefiore, The Mermaid Garden, Simon and Schuster, page 279:
- […] ; other days she waited on tables in the caffè in Piazza Laconda.Category:English terms with quotations#CAFFE
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman TurkishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#CAFFECategory:Italian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#CAFFE قهوه (kahve), from ArabicCategory:Italian terms derived from Arabic#CAFFE قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Pronunciation
Noun
caffè m (invariable, diminutive-derogatory caffeùccio (“café”)Category:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#CAFFÈ)Category:Italian lemmas#CAFFECategory:Italian nouns#CAFFECategory:Italian countable nouns#CAFFECategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#CAFFECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CAFFECategory:Italian masculine nouns#CAFFECategory:Pages with entries#CAFFÈCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CAFFÈ
Related terms
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