cafe

See also: CAFE, café, cafè, and Café

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkæˈfeɪ/, /ˈkæfeɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæfeɪ/, (dated) /ˈkæfi/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /kɛˈfiː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æfeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

cafe (plural cafes)

1. Alternative form of café.
   • 2025 January 21, Vivian Song, “Specialty Coffee Shops and Parisian Cafes”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Many customers who head straight to the bar at cafes, where espressos are cheaper than table service, are blue-collar workers, he said, in search of a quick, inexpensive caffeine hit.

2. (South Africa) A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.

Derived terms

• cafe curtains
• cafegoer
• cafe-goer
• cafe hop
• cafelike
• Internet cafe
• pavement cafe
• sidewalk cafe

Translations

café — see café

South African convenience store

Anagrams

• face

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish café.

Noun

cafe

1. coffee

Middle English

Noun

cafe

1. alternative form of cave

Occitan

Alternative forms

• cafè (Languedoc)

Noun

cafe m (plural cafes) (Limousin)

1. coffee (beverage)
2. café (establishment)