café
or ca·fe
[ ka-fey, kuh- or especially for 4, French ka-fey ]
/ kæˈfeɪ, kə- or especially for 4, French kaˈfeɪ /
noun, plural ca·fés [ka-feyz, kuh- or especially for 4, French ka-fey] /kæˈfeɪz, kə- or especially for 4, French kaˈfeɪ/.
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
a restaurant, usually small and unpretentious.
a barroom, cabaret, or nightclub.
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Origin of café
SYNONYMS FOR café
CAFE
[ ka-fey, kuh- ]
/ kæˈfeɪ, kə- /
noun
a U.S. federally mandated standard of average minimum miles-per-gallon fuel consumption for all the cars produced by an automobile manufacturer in a given year.
Origin of CAFE
C(orporate) A(verage) F(uel) E(conomy)
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café
/ (ˈkæfeɪ, ˈkæfɪ) /
noun
a small or inexpensive restaurant or coffee bar, serving light meals and refreshments
Southern African a corner shop or grocer
Word Origin for café
C19: from French: coffee
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cafe
1802, from French café "coffee, coffeehouse," from Italian caffe "coffee" (see coffee). The beverage was introduced in Venice by 1615 and in France from 1650s by merchants and travelers who had been to Turkey and Egypt. The first public café might have been the one opened in Marseilles in 1660.
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