Meanings
nouncafé (plural cafés)
plural cafés · alternative cafe · alternative caffè · alternative caffe · alternative caffé · alternative UK informal caff
- 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.
Synonyms: caff, coffeehouse, coffee shop, tea shop, coffee bar
- CanadaA small restaurant of any genre.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Also see
Origin
- Frenchcafé“coffee; coffee shop”
- Englishcafé
Unadapted borrowing from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kafee, koffiehuis
- kafeecoffee shop
- koffiehuiscoffee shop
Arabic مَقْهًى, كَافِيه
- مَقْهًى (maqhan)coffee shop
- كَافِيه (kāfīh)coffee shop
Bengali হোটেল, ক্যাফে
- হোটেল (hōṭel)coffee shop
- ক্যাফে (kêphe)coffee shop
- কফি হাউস (kophi haus)coffee shop
Bulgarian кафене́, кафе́
- кафене́ (kafené)coffee shop
- кафе́ (kafé)coffee shop
Catalan cafè, cafeteria
- cafècoffee shop
- cafeteriacoffee shop
Chinese Cantonese 咖啡屋, 咖啡店
- 咖啡屋 (gaa³ fe¹ uk¹)coffee shop
- 咖啡店 (gaa³ fe¹ dim³)coffee shop
- 咖啡館 /咖啡馆 (gaa³ fe¹ gun²)coffee shop
Chinese Mandarin 咖啡屋, 咖啡店
- 咖啡屋 (kāfēiwū)coffee shop
- 咖啡店 (kāfēidiàn)coffee shop
- 咖啡館 /咖啡馆 (kāfēiguǎn)coffee shop
- 咖啡廳 /咖啡厅 (kāfēitīng)coffee shop
Czech kavárna
- kavárnacoffee shop
Danish café, cafe
- cafécoffee shop
- cafecoffee shop
Dutch café, koffiehuis
- cafécoffee shop
- koffiehuiscoffee shop
Esperanto kafejo
- kafejocoffee shop
Estonian kohvik
- kohvikcoffee shop
Finnish kahvila
- kahvilacoffee shop
French café
- cafécoffee shop
German Café, Kaffeehaus
- Cafécoffee shop
- Kaffeehauscoffee shop
Greek καφενείο, καφετέρια
- καφενείο (kafeneío)coffee shop
- καφετέρια (kafetéria)coffee shop
- καφέ (kafé)coffee shop
Hebrew בֵּית קָפֶה
- בֵּית קָפֶה (bet kafé)coffee shop
Hindi कैफ़े, क़हवाघर
- कैफ़े (kaife)coffee shop
- क़हवाघर (qahvāghar)coffee shop
- कॉफ़ीख़ाना (kŏfīxānā)coffee shop
- कॉफ़ीघर (kŏfīghar)coffee shop
- कॉफ़ीहाउस (kŏfīhāus)coffee shop
Hungarian kávéház, kávézó
- kávéházcoffee shop
- kávézócoffee shop
- presszócoffee shop
- eszpresszócoffee shop
Icelandic kaffihús
- kaffihúscoffee shop
Indonesian warung kopi, kafe
- warung kopicoffee shop
- kafecoffee shop
Irish caifé
- caifécoffee shop
Italian caffè, caffetteria
- caffècoffee shop
- caffetteriacoffee shop
- barcoffee shop
Japanese 喫茶店, カフェ
- 喫茶店 (kissaten)coffee shop
- カフェ (kafe)coffee shop
- 喫茶 (kissa)coffee shop
Korean 카페, 까페
- 카페 (kape)coffee shop
- 까페 (kkape)coffee shop
- 커피숍 (keopisyop)coffee shop
- 커피점 (keopijeom)coffee shop
- 커피집 (keopijip)coffee shop
Latvian kafejnīca
- kafejnīcacoffee shop
Lithuanian kavi̇̀nė
- kavi̇̀nėcoffee shop
Malay kedai kopi, kafe
- kedai kopicoffee shop
- kafecoffee shop
Norwegian Bokmål kafé, café
- kafécoffee shop
- cafécoffee shop
Polish kawiarnia, café
- kawiarniacoffee shop
- cafécoffee shop
Portuguese café, cafeteria
- cafécoffee shop
- cafeteriacoffee shop
Romanian cafenea
- cafeneacoffee shop
Russian кафе́, кофе́йня
- кафе́ (kafɛ́)coffee shop
- кофе́йня (koféjnja)coffee shop
- кафете́рий (kafɛtɛ́rij)coffee shop
Scottish Gaelic cafaidh, bùth-cofaidh
- cafaidhcoffee shop
- bùth-cofaidhcoffee shop
Slovak kaviareň
- kaviareňcoffee shop
Spanish café, cafetería
- cafécoffee shop
- cafeteríacoffee shop
- cafetíncoffee shop
- cafetuchocoffee shop
- bar cafeterocoffee shop
- cuchitril (despective)coffee shop
Swahili mkahawa
- mkahawacoffee shop
Swedish kafé, café
- kafécoffee shop
- cafécoffee shop
Tagalog kapihan
- kapihancoffee shop
Tamil அருந்தகம், கபே
- அருந்தகம் (aruntakam)coffee shop
- கபே (kapē)coffee shop
- கஃபே (kafē)coffee shop
Thai กาแฟ, ร้านกาแฟ
- กาแฟ (gaa-fɛɛ)coffee shop
- ร้านกาแฟ (ráan-gaa-fɛɛ)coffee shop
- คาเฟ่ (kaa-fêe)coffee shop
Turkish kafe, kahvehane
- kafecoffee shop
- kahvehanecoffee shop
Ukrainian кав'я́рня, кафе́
- кав'я́рня (kavʺjárnja)coffee shop
- кафе́ (kafé)coffee shop
Urdu ہوٹَل, کَیفے
- ہوٹَل (hoṭal)coffee shop
- کَیفے (kaife)coffee shop
- قَہْوَہ خانَہ (qahva xāna)coffee shop
- کافی خانَہ (kāfī xāna)coffee shop
- کوفی خانَہ (kofī xāna)coffee shop
- کافی ہاؤُس (kāfī hāus)coffee shop
- کافی گَھر (kāfī ghar)coffee shop
Vietnamese tiệm cà phê, quán cà phê
- tiệm cà phêcoffee shop
- quán cà phêcoffee shop
- quán nướccoffee shop
Welsh caffi, siop goffi
- cafficoffee shop
- siop gofficoffee shop
Yiddish קאַפֿע, קאַווע־הויז
- קאַפֿע (kafe)coffee shop
- קאַווע־הויז (kave-hoyz)coffee shop
- קאַוויאַרניע (kavyarnye)coffee shop
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with café
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
café. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9
MLA
“café.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “café,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9.
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