CAFÉ


Meaning of CAFÉ in English

noun

also ca·fe (ˈ)ka|fā, kəˈfā

( -s )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: French café, from Turkish kahve — more at coffee

1.

a. : a room for coffee and light refreshments : coffeehouse

they went into the café for a cup or two of something hot — Richard Llewellyn

b. : coffee

2.

a. : restaurant

enjoy your dinner in a hotel dining room or café — Helen E. Stiles

the dining room was not yet open, but he knew that there were several all-night cafés near the station — Hamilton Basso

glass windows of a … café full of sugary cakes — Barbara Beecher

b. : an open-air eating place often partly on the sidewalk

sat at the table in front of the big café — R.H.Newman

a café with tables in the street … surrounded by a shallow fence of dark-green creeper — William Sansom

3. : barroom , saloon

speakeasies, some of which have survived as legitimate saloons, nightclubs, or cafés — D.W.Maurer

4. : cabaret , nightclub

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