Meanings
nouncat café (plural cat cafés)
plural cat cafés · alternative cat cafe
- A café that has domestic cats with which the clientele can interact.
Taiwan opened the world’s first cat cafe in 1998 and Japan followed suit in 2004. Since then, the number of animal cafes has proliferated in Japan, where many people live in apartment buildings that forbid pets.
2016 April 22, Richard Smart, “Japanese cat cafe closed down over neglect fears”, in The Guardian
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 貓咖 /猫咖
- 貓咖 /猫咖 (māokā)café with domestic cats
Finnish kissakahvila
- kissakahvilacafé with domestic cats
French bar à chats, café à chats
- bar à chatscafé with domestic cats
- café à chatscafé with domestic cats
German Katzencafé
- Katzencafécafé with domestic cats
Japanese 猫カフェ
- 猫カフェ (nekokafe)café with domestic cats
Russian коша́чье кафе́, котокафе́
- коша́чье кафе́ (košáčʹje kafé)café with domestic cats
- котокафе́ (kotokafé)café with domestic cats
Swedish kattkafé, kattcafé
- kattkafécafé with domestic cats
- kattcafécafé with domestic cats
Cite this entry
APA
cat café. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat%20caf%C3%A9
MLA
“cat café.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat%20caf%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cat café,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat%20caf%C3%A9.
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