Meanings
nouninstant coffee (usually uncountable, plural instant coffees)
plural instant coffees
- uncountableusuallyA beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated liquid, made from coffee and able to be quickly reconstituted by adding water.
She put a spoonful of instant coffee into the water still bubbling in the cup, stirred it and then she sipped it, flavorless and synthetic as the retreat she had tried to make out of the small apartment.
1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 221
Translations
Arabic قَهْوَة فَوْرِيَّة
- قَهْوَة فَوْرِيَّة (qahwa fawriyya)beverage
Basque istanteko kafe
- istanteko kafebeverage
Bulgarian разтворимо кафе
- разтворимо кафе (raztvorimo kafe)beverage
Catalan cafè instantani
- cafè instantanibeverage
Chinese Cantonese 即溶咖啡, 咖啡精
- 即溶咖啡 (zik¹ jung⁴ gaa³ fe¹)beverage
- 咖啡精 (gaa³ fe¹ zing¹)beverage
Chinese Mandarin 速溶咖啡, 即溶咖啡
- 速溶咖啡 (sùróng kāfēi)beverage
- 即溶咖啡 (jíróng kāfēi)beverage
- 咖啡精 (kāfēijīng)beverage
Czech instantní káva
- instantní kávabeverage
Danish instantkaffe, pulverkaffe
- instantkaffebeverage
- pulverkaffebeverage
Dutch koffiepoeder, oploskoffie
- koffiepoederbeverage
- oploskoffiebeverage
- instantkoffiebeverage
Esperanto tuja kafo
- tuja kafobeverage
Estonian lahustuv kohv
- lahustuv kohvbeverage
Finnish pikakahvi, murukahvi
- pikakahvibeverage
- murukahvibeverage
French café instantané, café soluble
- café instantanébeverage
- café solublebeverage
German löslicher Kaffee, Pulverkaffee
- löslicher Kaffeebeverage
- Pulverkaffeebeverage
- Expresskaffeebeverage
- Instantkaffeebeverage
Greek στιγμιαίος καφές
- στιγμιαίος καφές (stigmiaíos kafés)beverage
Hebrew קָפֶה נָמֵס
- קָפֶה נָמֵסbeverage
Hindi तत्क्षण कॉफी
- तत्क्षण कॉफी (tatkṣaṇ kŏphī)beverage
Hungarian instant kávé
- instant kávébeverage
Icelandic skyndikaffi
- skyndikaffibeverage
Indonesian kopi instan
- kopi instanbeverage
Italian caffè solubile
- caffè solubilebeverage
Japanese インスタントコーヒー
- インスタントコーヒー (insutanto kōhii)beverage
Korean 인스턴트 커피
- 인스턴트 커피 (inseuteonteu keopi)beverage
Lithuanian tirpi kava
- tirpi kavabeverage
Norwegian Bokmål pulverkaffe
- pulverkaffebeverage
Persian قهوه فوری
- قهوه فوریbeverage
Polish kawa rozpuszczalna
- kawa rozpuszczalnabeverage
Portuguese café solúvel, café instantâneo
- café solúvelbeverage
- café instantâneobeverage
Romanian cafea instant
- cafea instantbeverage
Russian раствори́мый ко́фе
- раствори́мый ко́фе (rastvorímyj kófe)beverage
Slovak instantná káva
- instantná kávabeverage
Spanish café instantáneo, café soluble
- café instantáneobeverage
- café solublebeverage
- nescafébeverage
Swedish snabbkaffe, pulverkaffe
- snabbkaffebeverage
- pulverkaffebeverage
Turkish hazır kahve
- hazır kahvebeverage
Ukrainian розчинна кава
- розчинна кава (rozčynna kava)beverage
Vietnamese cà phê có liền, cà phê dùng ngay
- cà phê có liềnbeverage
- cà phê dùng ngaybeverage
- cà phê hòa tanbeverage
Cite this entry
APA
instant coffee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instant%20coffee
MLA
“instant coffee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instant%20coffee. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instant coffee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instant%20coffee.
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