Meanings
nouncoffee grounds pl (plural only)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of coffee ground vomitus.
Similar
Origin
From coffee + grounds. Compare German Kaffeegrund (“coffee grounds”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَنْوَة
- تَنْوَة (tanwa)sediment
Catalan marro
- marrosediment
Chinese Mandarin 咖啡渣
- 咖啡渣 (kāfēizhā)sediment
Czech sedlina, lógr
- sedlinasediment
- lógrsediment
Dutch koffiedik
- koffiediksediment
Finnish kahvinporot, porot
- kahvinporotsediment
- porotsediment
French marc de café
- marc de cafésediment
German Kaffeegrund, Kaffeeprütt
- Kaffeegrundsediment
- Kaffeeprüttsediment
- Kaffeesatzsediment
- Kaffeesudsediment
Hawaiian oka kope
- oka kopesediment
Hungarian zacc
- zaccsediment
Italian fondo di caffè, fondi di caffè
- fondo di caffèsediment
- fondi di caffèsediment
Polish fusy
- fusysediment
Portuguese borra de café
- borra de cafésediment
Romanian zaț de cafea
- zaț de cafeasediment
Russian кофе́йная гу́ща
- кофе́йная гу́ща (koféjnaja gúšča)sediment
Swedish kaffesump
- kaffesumpsediment
Turkish kahve tortusu, telve
- kahve tortususediment
- telvesediment
Cite this entry
APA
coffee grounds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20grounds
MLA
“coffee grounds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20grounds. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coffee grounds,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20grounds.
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