cafeteria
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caf·e·te·ri·a
(kăf′ĭ-tîr′ē-ə)n.
1. A restaurant in which the customers are served at a counter and carry their meals on trays to tables.
2. A dining area, as at a school or office building, where meals may be purchased or brought from home and eaten.
[Spanish cafetería, coffee shop, cafeteria, from café, coffee, ultimately (via French, café, or Italian, caffè) from Ottoman Turkish qahve; see coffee.]
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cafeteria
(ˌkæfɪˈtɪərɪə)n
a self-service restaurant
[C20: from American Spanish: coffee shop]
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caf•e•te•ri•a
(ˌkæf ɪˈtɪər i ə)n., pl. -ri•as.
1. a restaurant in which patrons select food at a counter and carry it to tables.
2. a lunchroom, as for employees or students.
[1830–40, Amer.; < American Spanish]
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Noun | 1. | cafeteria - a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier automat - a cafeteria where food is served from machines |
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Translations
كافِتِيريَامَطْعَمُ خِدْمَةٍ ذاتيَّه
jídelnarestaurace se samooblushou
cafeteria
ruokala
restoran sa samoposlugom
kaffitería
カフェテリア
카페테리아
savitarnos valgykla
kafetērija
samoobslužná reštaurácia
cafeteria
ร้านอาหารบริการตนเอง
quán ăn tự phục vụ
cafeteria
[ˌkæfɪˈtɪərɪə] N → (restaurante m de) autoservicio m; (in factory, office) → cafetería f, comedor mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cafeteria
n → Cafeteria f
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cafeteria
(kӕfəˈtiəriə) noun a self-service restaurant. This department store has a cafeteria.
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cafeteria
→ كافِتِيريَا jídelna cafeteria Cafeteria καφετέρια cafetería ruokala cafétéria restoran sa samoposlugom tavola calda カフェテリア 카페테리아 cafetaria kafeteria bar szybkiej obsługi refeitório кафетерий cafeteria ร้านอาหารบริการตนเอง kafeterya quán ăn tự phục vụ 自助餐厅Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cafeteria
n. cafetería.
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