different between coffee vs khaki

English

Alternative forms

• coffée (rare)

Etymology

From Dutch koffie (“coffee”) [from 1582], from Ottoman Turkish ????? (kahve, “coffee”), from Arabic ???????? (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”). The Arabic word originally referred to wine, a drink which was traditionally mixed and served hot in a similar manner. In Arabic "to brew" utilizes the same triliteral root as wine and intoxicant; see ? ? ?? (?-m-r) to cover over, presumably with hot water. Other sources instead claim it traces back to the name of the Kaffa region of Ethiopia, which is an Omotic word. Doublet of café and caffè.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?.fi/
• (Conservative RP, dated) IPA^(key): /?k??.f?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?.fi/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?k?.fi/
• Homophone: coughy
• Rhymes: -?fi, -??fi
• Hyphenation: cof?fee

Noun

coffee (countable and uncountable, plural coffees)

1. (uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
   • "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
2. (countable) A serving of this beverage.
   • 2008, Agnes Poirier, The Guardian, 12 April:

     As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.

3. The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
4. The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
5. A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
6. A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

7. The end of a meal, when coffee is served.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:coffee
• Thesaurus:color

Derived terms

Related terms

• caffeine
• kaffeeklatsch

Translations

See coffee/translations § Noun.

Adjective

coffee (not comparable)

1. Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
2. Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on.

Translations

See coffee/translations § Adjective.

Verb

coffee (third-person singular simple present coffees, present participle coffeeing, simple past and past participle coffeed)

1. (intransitive) To drink coffee.

Descendants

See also

Further reading

• The Origins of Coffe on Foodie’s Corner
• Podictionary article on “coffee” including its relationship with wine
• PBS documentary *Black Coffee, The Irresistible Bean. Discusses the origin of the word including the relationship with wine. Starts at 10:52

English

Alternative forms

• carky [19th century], karkey

Etymology

From Hindi–Urdu ????? / ????? (x?k?), from Persian ????? (xâki, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”)

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, General New Zealand, UK) enPR: kä-k'?, IPA^(key): /?k??.ki/
• Rhymes: -??ki
• (Canada) enPR: kär-k'?, kä-k'?, k?-k'?, IPA^(key): /?k??.ki/, /?k??.ki/, /?kæki/
• Rhymes: -??ki
• (US) enPR: k?-k'?, IPA^(key): /?kæ.ki/
• Rhymes: -æki

Noun

khaki (countable and uncountable, plural khakis)

1. A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

2. Khaki green, a dull green colour.
   • 1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54.

     The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10.

   • 2007, Yuji Matsuki, American Fighters Over Europe: Colors & Markings of USAAF Fighters in WWII, page 4, ?ISBN.

     At the end of World War I, the U.S. Army Air Service painted everything khaki. This khaki was practically the same as British PC10 and can be considered the basis of the later olive drab color.

   • 2010, Martin Windrow, French Foreign Legion: Infantry and Cavalry since 1945, page 52, ?ISBN.

     In these notes we have used the British rather than the US terms for colours: i.e. 'khaki' here means the drab brown - US 'olive drab' - used for woolen uniforms and 'khaki drill' for the pale yellowish tan - US 'khaki' - used for lightweight summer/tropical dress.

   • Op. cit., page 56

     The very loose seroual trousers were made in both sand-khaki drill, and in winter-weight khaki wool for wear with the M1946 battledress blouse.

3. A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
4. (rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
5. (South Africa, derogatory, slang) A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops, originally in the Second Boer War; compare rooinek). (In this sense the plural generally is khakies.)
   • 1902 Philip Pienaar. With Steyn And De Wet METHUEN [2]

     "Frank, it's a khaki," I whisper, "keep straight on."

6. Khaki clothing or uniform, commonly in the plural.

   he was dressed in khaki, he was wearing his khakies

   • 1915 Out West magazine

     The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat.

Translations

Adjective

khaki (comparative more khaki, superlative most khaki)

1. Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

Translations

Derived terms

• khaki green

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

French

Etymology

From English khaki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ki/

Adjective

khaki (plural khakis)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of kaki

German

Alternative forms

• kaki

Etymology

Borrowed from English khaki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?ki/
• Hyphenation: kha?ki

Adjective

khaki (not comparable)

1. (indeclinable) khaki (color)

References

• “khaki” in Duden online
• “khaki” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From English khaki, from Hindi–Urdu ????? / ????? (x?k?), from Persian ????? (xâki, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?aki]
• Hyphenation: kha?ki

Noun

khaki (first-person possessive khakiku, second-person possessive khakimu, third-person possessive khakinya)

1. khaki: a dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

Alternative forms

• kaki

Further reading

• “khaki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.