different between cafeteria vs cafe

English

Alternative forms

• caféteria
• cafétéria (rare)
• cafeterie

Etymology

(Mid 19th or 20th century) American Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic ???????? (qahwa, “coffee”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??i?
• Rhymes: -???i?

Noun

cafeteria (plural cafeterias)

1. A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat
2. A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere

Synonyms

• lunchroom
• (dining area in an institution): canteen

Related terms

• caf
• café, cafe
• drugeteria
• washeteria

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k?.f?.t???i.?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka.fe.te??i.a/
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeteries)

1. cafe
2. cafeteria

Finnish

Noun

cafeteria

1. Alternative form of kafeteria.

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeterias)

1. cafeteria (type of restaurant)

Swedish

Noun

cafeteria c

1. cafeteria

Declension

Alternative forms

• kafeteria

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)