different between cappuccino vs macchiato

English

Etymology

1904, borrowed from Italian cappuccino, from Viennese German Kapuziner (“Capuchin”), due to the similarity of the color of the beverage to the monastic habit of dark brown; compare Franziskaner (“Franciscan”), a contemporary coffee drink with more milk and hence a lighter color, more similar to the latter monks’ habits of light brown. The German term Kapuziner is in turn a loan translation from Italian cappuccino (“Capuchin”) (thus the Italian word for the coffee beverage is a reborrowing), from Italian cappuccio (“hood, cowl”) + -ino (“(diminutive)”), due to the hood of the Capuchin monks’ habits, from Italian cappa (“hood, cowl”) + -uccio (“(diminutive)”) (note two diminutive suffixes), in turn from Late Latin cappa (English cape).

Doublet of Capuchin, also from Italian cappuccino (via Middle French capuchin).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæp??t?ino?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæp??t?i?n??/
• Rhymes: -i?n??
• Hyphenation: cap?puc?ci?no

Noun

cappuccino (countable and uncountable, plural cappuccinos or cappuccini)

1. (uncountable) An Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso and milk that has been steamed and/or frothed.
2. (countable) A cup of this beverage.
3. (countable, uncountable, proscribed) Any of various similar drinks.
4. (uncountable) Capuchin or the color, especially cappuccino brown.
   • 1928, The Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), 1928-09-29:

     English Grey or Cappuccino Brown

See also

• latte

Translations

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.pu?t?i.no?/, (less common) /?k?.py?t?i.no?/
• Hyphenation: cap?puc?ci?no

Noun

cappuccino m (plural cappuccino's, diminutive cappuccinootje n)

1. cappuccino

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino.

Noun

cappuccino

1. cappuccino (beverage and serving)

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino.

Pronunciation

Noun

cappuccino m (plural cappuccinos)

1. cappuccino

Italian

Etymology

From cappuccio (“hood, cowl”) +? -ino. The coffee name gets its name from the colour of the beverage, which is reminiscent of the colour of monks' habits.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap.put?t??i.no/

Noun

cappuccino m (plural cappuccini)

1. Capuchin (member of an order of Roman Catholic friars)
2. cappuccino

   Synonym: (informal) cappuccio

3. (slang) French letter, rubber johnny (condom)

Descendants

Adjective

cappuccino (feminine cappuccina, masculine plural cappuccini, feminine plural cappuccine)

1. Capuchin

Further reading

• cappuccino¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cappuccino² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cappuccino (bevanda) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

References

Polish

Etymology

From Italian cappuccino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pu?t??i.n?/

Noun

cappuccino n (indeclinable)

1. cappuccino

Adjective

cappuccino (not comparable)

1. Having the taste or color of cappuccino.

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• cappuccino in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• cappuccino in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino.

Noun

cappuccino m (plural cappuccinos or cappuccini (rare))

1. cappuccino (type of coffee)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino.

Noun

cappuccino m (plural cappuccinos)

1. cappuccino

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino.

Noun

cappuccino c

1. cappuccino

Declension

English

Etymology

From Italian caffè macchiato (“stained coffee”), from macchiato (“stained, marked”), as the coffee is “marked” with a spot of milk. From Latin macul?tus (“stained”), form of macula (“stain”).Cognate to English macula (“[dark] spot”), French maculé.

Noun

macchiato (plural macchiatos)

1. Espresso topped with steamed milk.

Synonyms

• caffè macchiato
• espresso macchiato

Related terms

• latte macchiato

Translations

See also

• coffee
• cortado

Further reading

• Caffè macchiato on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Latte macchiato on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Adjective

macchiato (feminine macchiata, masculine plural macchiati, feminine plural macchiate)

1. stained
2. (of the skin of an animal) spotted

Derived terms

• caffè macchiato

Verb

macchiato m (feminine singular macchiata, masculine plural macchiati, feminine plural macchiate)

1. past participle of macchiare
2. past participle of macchiarsi