cafés au lait

UK/ˌkæfeɪz‿əʊ ˈleɪ/US/ˌkæfeɪz‿oʊ ˈleɪ/US/kæˌfeɪz-/

A form of café au lait — Coffee mixed with hot milk as a drink; white coffee; (countable) a serving of this.

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café au laits
OriginFrench cafés au lait →
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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of café au lait

    Synonyms: café au laits

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Frenchcafés au lait
  2. Englishcafés au lait

Unadapted borrowing from French cafés au lait.

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APA

cafés au lait. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9s%20au%20lait

MLA

“cafés au lait.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9s%20au%20lait. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cafés au lait,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9s%20au%20lait.

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