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café

/ka.fe/

noun, masculine/ka.fe/plural: cafés

coffee (drink); coffee colour; public house; cafe, coffee shop

Synonyms: caoua, noir, petit noir

Borrowed from Italian caffè, first appearing as the form caveé, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caoua.

adjective/ka.fe/

of the colour of coffee

Borrowed from Italian caffè, first appearing as the form caveé, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caoua.