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ca·fé
also ca·fe (kă-fā′, kə-)n.
A restaurant serving coffee and other beverages along with baked goods or light meals.
[French, coffee, café, from Italian caffè, coffee, from Ottoman Turkish qahve; see coffee.]
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café
(ˈkæfeɪ; ˈkæfɪ)n
1. a small or inexpensive restaurant or coffee bar, serving light meals and refreshments
2. South African a corner shop or grocer
[C19: from French: coffee]
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ca•fé
or ca•fe
(kæˈfeɪ, kə-)n., pl. -fés or -fes.
1. a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
2. a restaurant, usu. small and unpretentious.
3. a barroom, cabaret, or nightclub.
[1780–90; < French: literally, coffee]
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café
– coffee1. 'café'
A café /'kæfeɪ/ is a place where you can buy drinks and simple meals or snacks. In Britain, cafés often don't sell alcoholic drinks. Café is sometimes spelled cafe.
Is there an internet café near here?
They've opened a cafe in the main square.
2. 'coffee'
Coffee /'kɒfi/ is a hot drink.
Would you like a cup of coffee?
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| Noun | 1. |  cafe - a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are soldcaff - informal British term for a cafe cybercafe - a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink espresso shop - a cafe where espresso is served estaminet - a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee |
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café
noun snack bar, restaurant, cafeteria, coffee shop, brasserie, coffee bar, tearoom, lunchroom, eatery or eaterie The café also serves delicious lunches.
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Translations
مَقْهَىمَقْهى، مَطْعَم صَغير
kavárna
cafékaffebar
kahvila
होटल
kafić
kaffihús
カフェ
카페
kavarna
kafé
ร้านกาแฟ
quán cà phê
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Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
café
n → Café nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
café
(ˈkӕfei) , ((American) kӕˈfei) noun a (usually small) shop where meals and (non-alcoholic) drinks are served.
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cafe
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