Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A coffeehouse, restaurant, or bar.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Coffee.
- n. A coffee-house; a restaurant.
Wiktionary
- n. A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
- n. A French pub.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A coffeehouse; a restaurant, especially a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.
Etymologies
- Borrowing from French café ("coffee") (Wiktionary)
- French, coffee, café, from Italian caffè, coffee, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh; see coffee. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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Lists
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Of Arabic Origin
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Spanish words with arabic etymology
Spanish words acquired from classical and andalusi Arabic
spanish words wit..., abelmosco, abenuz, aceite, aceituna, acerola, ajedrez, ajonjoli, albahaca, barrio, ojalá, Belen and 36 more...
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Schwa-Free
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Coffee House
Coffee, and coffee related stuff. I did spend few hours in The Net with this and now I am up to my neck with "coffee".. I probably return to this list. Later.
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Ironicle's Words
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El amor entra por la cocina
mandarina, chocolate, café, canela, orégano, albahaca, hogaza
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lea Portugese and French for coffee. Mar 8, 2009