Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coffeehouse, restaurant, or bar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Coffee.
- noun A coffee-house; a restaurant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A coffeehouse; a restaurant, especially a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
coffee shop ; an establishment sellingcoffee and sometimes othernon-alcoholic beverages , simplemeals orsnacks , with a facility to consume them on the premises. - noun A French
pub .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, coffee, café, from Italian caffè, coffee, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh; see coffee.]
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Borrowing from French café ("coffee")
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lea commented on the word café
Portugese and French for coffee.
March 9, 2009