Meanings
nouncoffee break (plural coffee breaks)
plural coffee breaks
- A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.
Synonyms: coffee pause, fika
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.
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Translations
Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَة
- اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa)a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Chinese Mandarin 咖啡時間 /咖啡时间
- 咖啡時間 /咖啡时间 (kāfēi shíjiān)a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Danish kaffepause
- kaffepausea rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Dutch koffiepauze
- koffiepauzea rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Estonian kohvipaus
- kohvipausa rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Finnish kahvitauko, kahvipaussi
- kahvitaukoa rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
- kahvipaussia rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
French pause-café
- pause-caféa rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
German Kaffeepause
- Kaffeepausea rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Hungarian kávészünet
- kávészüneta rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Irish sos caife, briseadh caife
- sos caifea rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
- briseadh caifea rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Italian pausa caffè
- pausa caffèa rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Japanese コーヒーブレイク
- コーヒーブレイク (kōhī bureiku)a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Korean 휴식 시간, 커피 타임
- 휴식 시간 (hyusik sigan)a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
- 커피 타임 (keopi taim)a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
- 커피 브레이크 (keopi beureikeu)a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Norwegian Bokmål kaffepause
- kaffepausea rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Polish przerwa na kawę
- przerwa na kawęa rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Russian ко́фе-бре́йк, кофе-па́уза
- ко́фе-бре́йк (kófe-brɛ́jk)a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
- кофе-па́уза (kofe-páuza)a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
- переры́в на ко́фе (pererýv na kófe)a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Swedish kafferast, kaffepaus
- kafferasta rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
- kaffepausa rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Turkish kahve molası
- kahve molasıa rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee
Cite this entry
APA
coffee break. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20break
MLA
“coffee break.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20break. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coffee break,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20break.
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