caffè

/kæˈfeɪ/

noun

An Italian café.

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Meanings

nouncaffè (plural caffès)

plural caffès · alternative caffe · alternative nonstandard caffé

  1. An Italian café.

    He then relaxes over an espresso in a caffè, and resumes.

    1977, Robert S. Kane, Italy A to Z: A Grand Tour of the Classic Cities, Doubleday, page 5
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    In caffès you should pay first at la cassa and then take your ticket (lo scontrino) to the bar, […]

    2008, Emma Jones, Hunter Travel Guides: Tuscany and Umbria, Hunter Publishing, page 23

    […]; other days she waited on tables in the caffè in Piazza Laconda.

    2011, Santa Montefiore, The Mermaid Garden, Simon and Schuster, page 279

Origin

  1. Italiancaffè
  2. Englishcaffè

Borrowed from Italian caffè. Doublet of café and coffee.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with caffè

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Sounds the same

café (one pronunciation)
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