café
nounUS /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ · UK /ˈkæfeɪ/
Etymology Unadapted borrowing from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee.
1
A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
2
Canada A small restaurant of any genre.
- Synonyms
- caff, coffeehouse, coffee shop, tea shop, coffee bar, beanery, café, teahouse, tea room
- Derived terms
- butler café, café-goer, café revolutionary, café society, café terrace, café wall illusion, cat café, cybercafé, dementia café, HoReCa, maid café, memory café, neko café, pavement café, sidewalk café, transport café
- Related terms
- café-chantant, café de move-on, café mocha, café noisette, chasse-café, beverage, restaurant, pub
- Hypernyms
- building, business, enterprise, eating establishment, establishment
- Hyponyms
- basket house, cybercafé, Internet café, juke, pavement cafe, sidewalk cafe, transport café
- Coordinate terms
- bar, bistro, cafeteria, restaurant