Meanings
nouncarafe (plural carafes)
plural carafes
- A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
Amongst the scattered letters and papers, there stood a claret jug, a large carafe of water, and an empty glass.
1870, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Run to Earth, page 2151 more example
[…]I ask if he'd like something to drink besides the carafe of tap water that has materialised on the table while we've been talking.
2026 April 4, Jonathan Derbyshire, “Lunch with the FT: Jay McInerney”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3 - A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
Emma brings out the carafe of dark coffee.
2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 177
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Frenchcarafe
- Frenchcarafe
- Englishcarafe
Borrowed from French carafe. First attested in 1796. Doublet of carboy.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَرَّافَة
- غَرَّافَة (ḡarrāfa)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Bulgarian гара́фа
- гара́фа (garáfa)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Catalan marraixa, garrafa
- marraixabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- garrafabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Chinese Mandarin 玻璃水瓶
- 玻璃水瓶 (bōlí shuǐpíng)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Czech karafa
- karafabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Danish karaffel
- karaffelbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Dutch karaf
- karafbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Esperanto karafo
- karafobottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Estonian karahvin
- karahvinbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Finnish karahvi, kannu
- karahvibottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- kannubottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
French carafe, carafon
- carafebottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- carafonbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
German Karaffe, Wasserflasche
- Karaffebottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- Wasserflaschebottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Greek καράφα
- καράφα (karáfa)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Hungarian kancsó, üvegkancsó
- kancsóbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- üvegkancsóbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- karafbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- kávékiöntőglass pot with a spout for pouring, used for coffee
Icelandic karafla
- karaflabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Italian caraffa
- caraffabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Japanese カラフ, 水差し
- カラフ (karafu)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- 水差し (mizusashi)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Latvian karafe
- karafebottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Norwegian Bokmål karaffel
- karaffelbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Persian تنگ, قرابه
- تنگ (tong)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- قرابه (qarâbe)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- صراحی (sorâhi)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Polish karafka
- karafkabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Portuguese jarro
- jarrobottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Romanian carafă
- carafăbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Russian графи́н
- графи́н (grafín)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Slovak karafa
- karafabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Spanish jarra, garrafa
- jarrabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- garrafabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Swedish karaff, kanna
- karaffbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- kannabottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Turkish sürahi
- sürahibottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Ukrainian кара́фа, графи́н
- кара́фа (karáfa)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
- графи́н (hrafýn)bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Welsh caráff
- caráffbottle for serving wine, water, or beverages
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with carafe
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Cite this entry
APA
carafe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carafe
MLA
“carafe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carafe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carafe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carafe.
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