different between cafe vs brasserie

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ?fe?/, /?kæfe?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæfe?/, (dated) /?kæfi/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /kæ?fi?/
• Rhymes: -æfe?, -e?

Noun

cafe (plural cafes)

1. Alternative form of café
2. (South Africa) A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.

Derived terms

• pavement cafe
• sidewalk cafe

Translations

Anagrams

• face

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish café

Noun

cafe

1. coffee

Occitan

Alternative forms

• cafè (Languedoc)

Noun

cafe m (plural cafes) (Limousin)

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brasserie, from brasser (“to brew”), from Old French bracer, from brace (“malt”), from Gaulish bracem (compare Welsh brag, Scottish Gaelic braigh); akin to Latin marc?re (“to wither, droop”), marcor (“putrification”), Old Norse m?rr (“suet, tallow”), Lithuanian mèrkti (“to macerate, soak flax”).

Noun

brasserie (plural brasseries)

1. A small, informal restaurant that serves beer and wine as well as simple food

Coordinate terms

See also

• brewery
• microbrewery

Anagrams

• brassiere, brassière

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brasserie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?s?eri?/, [?br?s??e?ri?]

Noun

brasserie

1. brasserie

Declension

French

Etymology

brasser (“to brew”) +? -ie, from Old French bracer, from brace (“malt”), from Gaulish bracem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?a.s?i/

Noun

brasserie f (plural brasseries)

1. brewery (place where beer is brewed)
2. brewery (beer-producing company)
3. brasserie (restaurant)
4. beer bar, beer parlour, alehouse (pub or bar where beer is sold)

Related terms

• brasseur

Further reading

• “brasserie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• brassière

Spanish

Noun

brasserie f (plural brasseries)

1. brasserie