café espresso

noun

Coffee made in the espresso style.

OriginFrench café espresso →
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Meanings

nouncafé espresso (countable and uncountable, plural café espressos)

plural café espressos

  1. countableuncountableCoffee made in the espresso style.

    'Breakfast, please,' said Bond. 'Pineapple juice, double. Cornflakes and cream. Shirred eggs with bacon. Double portion of Café Espresso. Toast and marmalade.'

    1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 92
  2. countableuncountableA single serve of such coffee.

Origin

  1. Frenchcafé espresso
  2. Englishcafé espresso

Unadapted borrowing from French café espresso.

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APA

café espresso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9%20espresso

MLA

“café espresso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9%20espresso. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “café espresso,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9%20espresso.

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