coffee break

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

coffee break (plural coffee breaks)

1. A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.

Usage notes

In regions of the United States there may be legislation mandating a coffee break (specified as a break of at least certain length after a certain length of time working).

Synonyms

• coffee pause (non-native speakers' English)
• fika

Related terms

• fag break
• tea break
• water break

Translations

a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee

• Arabic: اِسْتِرَاحَة f (istirāḥa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咖啡時間／咖啡时间 (kāfēi shíjiān)

• Danish: kaffepause (da) c
• Dutch: koffiepauze (nl) m or f
• Estonian: kohvipaus (et)
• Finnish: kahvitauko (fi), kahvipaussi
• French: pause-café (fr) f
• German: Kaffeepause (de) f
• Hungarian: kávészünet (hu) f
• Irish: sos caife m, briseadh caife m
• Japanese: コーヒーブレイク (ja) (kōhī bureiku)
• Korean: 휴식 시간(休息時間) (hyusik sigan), 커피 타임 (keopi taim), 커피 브레이크 (keopi beureikeu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaffepause (no) m

  Nynorsk: kaffipause m

• Polish: przerwa na kawę f
• Russian: (neologism) ко́фе-бре́йк (ru) m (kófe-brɛ́jk), кофе-па́уза (ru) f (kofe-páuza), переры́в на ко́фе m (pererýv na kófe)
• Swedish: kafferast (sv) c, kaffepaus (sv) c
• Turkish: kahve molası

See also

• elevenses