café au lait

/ kafe o lɛ /

noun

1. coffee with milk

2. 1. a light brown colour

   2. (as modifier)

      café-au-lait brocade

Example Sentences

Within view from where we enjoy a buttered baguette and sip our café au lait, the cathedral’s twin towers rise above the tiled roofs, and just beside us, tucked behind faded red shutters, is the ghost of the Hotel Panier Fleuri, where Jake stayed en route to Pamplona.

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Along with easy access to croissants and café au lait, our heroes have the benefit of not having to wax patriotic about a country in which they no longer live.

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Much like how the Big Ten and Pac-12 define the Rose Bowl, the SEC and Big 12 go with the Sugar Bowl like beignets go with a hot cafe au lait.

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Ten fingers, 10 toes, steady breathing, good tone, strong cry, no defects, two small café au lait spots on her thigh—just beauty marks.

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This month, Quinta Brunson, the star and creator of the hit sitcom “Abbott Elementary,” hosted the Billboard Women in Music awards ceremony wearing a structured Gaurav Gupta design the color of café au lait.

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Related Words

• camel 
• cream 
• khaki 
• off-white 
• tan 
• taupe