different between cafeteria vs qualification

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin qu?lific?ti?. Surface analysis: qual(ify) +? -ification.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw?l?f??ke???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kw?l?f??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

qualification (countable and uncountable, plural qualifications)

1. The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. [from 16th c.]

   Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.

2. An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.]

   What are your qualifications for this job?

3. (Britain) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
4. A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation. [from 16th c.]

   I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.

5. (obsolete) A quality or attribute. [17th-19th c.]
   • 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees:

     To shew, that these Qualfications, which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.

Derived terms

• disqualification
• qualification problem

Related terms

• qualify
• certification

Translations

See also

• clarification

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

qualification f (plural qualifications)

1. qualification (all senses)

Related terms

• qualifier

Further reading

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