different between canteen vs caffe

English

Etymology

From French cantine, from Italian cantina, from Vulgar Latin canthus (“corner”), from Gaulish *cantos, denoting the location for liquor storage, from Proto-Celtic *cantos (“corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh?nd?-. Doublet of cantina.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kæn?ti?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

canteen (plural canteens)

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1. A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
2. A temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc.
3. A box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc.
4. A military mess kit.
6. A water bottle used by a soldier or camper.

Derived terms

• canteen culture

Translations

Further reading

• canteen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• canteen in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• canteen at OneLook Dictionary Search

Spanish

Verb

canteen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of cantear.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of cantear.
3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of cantear.

English

Noun

caffe

1. Alternative spelling of caffè (“Italian café”).
   • 1997 (originally 1991), Madelon Sprengnether, Calvin William Truesdale, The house on Via Gombito: writing by American women abroad, New Rivers Press, page 363:

     Please use the umbrella stand in caffes.

   • 1999, Gloria Nardini, Che Bella Figura!: The Power of Performance in an Italian Ladies’ Club in Chicago, State University of New York Press, page 67:

     While they, too, share the camaraderie of life in the caffe and the piazza, […]

   • After the Treaty of Lausanne (1923) in 2013, Robert Elsie, Bejtullah D. Destani, Rudina Jasini, The Cham Albanians of Greece: A Documentary History, I.B. Tauris & Co., page 284:

     Unfortunately, the common speech of Epirus is somewhat beyond me, but on board ship, in caffes, and wherever it is possible to overhear the talk of the people, […]

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kaf.fe/

Noun

caffe (plural caffes)

1. coffee

Italian

Adjective

caffe f pl

1. feminine plural of caffo

Noun

caffe f pl

1. feminine plural of caffo (“first one; most important one; foremost one”)

Middle English

Noun

caffe

1. Alternative form of chaf