cafeteria

UK /ˌka.fə.ˈtɪə̯.ɹi.ə/ · US /ˌkæ.fə.ˈtɪ(ə).ɹi.ə/

Etymology Borrowed from Mexican Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of cafetière.

Synonyms

lunchroom, canteen

Derived terms

booketeria, buffeteria, cafeteria bowling, cafeteria Catholic, cafeteria Catholicism, cafeteria Christian, cafeteria Christianity, cafeterial, cafeteria plan, cafeteria-style, cafeteria truck, cafeteria wagon, groceteria, luncheteria

Related terms

caf, caff, café, cafe, cafetorium, drugeteria, washeteria