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 selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, 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.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Borrowing from French café ("coffee")

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