cafea

Latin

Alternative forms

• cafaea, cafaeum; cafēum
• caffaea, caffaeum; caffēa, caffēum
• coffaea, coffaeum; coffēa, coffēum

Etymology

Compare Coffea.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈfeː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈfɛː.a]

Noun

cafēa f (genitive cafēae); first declension

1. (New Latin) coffee

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cafēa	cafēae
genitive	cafēae	cafēārum
dative	cafēae	cafēīs
accusative	cafēam	cafēās
ablative	cafēā	cafēīs
vocative	cafēa	cafēae

Derived terms

• caffēīnum (“caffeine”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Akin to French café.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfe̯a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ca‧fea

• Audio:

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Noun

cafea f (plural cafele)

1. (uncountable) coffee
2. (countable) serving of coffee

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cafea	cafeaua		cafele	cafelele
genitive-dative	cafele	cafelei		cafele	cafelelor
vocative	cafea			cafelelor

Derived terms

• arbore de cafea
• cafeniu

References

• “cafea”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025