cafe
nounUS /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ · UK /ˈkæfeɪ/
1
Alternative Alternative form of café.
- Many customers who head straight to the bar at cafes, where espressos are cheaper than table service, are blue-collar workers, he said, in search of a quick, inexpensive caffeine hit.2025 January 21, Vivian Song, “Specialty Coffee Shops and Parisian Cafes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
2
South Africa A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.
- Derived terms
- cafe curtains, cafegoer, cafe-goer, cafe hop, cafelike, Internet cafe, kayf, pavement cafe, sidewalk cafe