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Meaning of café | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˌkæˈfeɪ

Definitions

  1. Acronym of Corporate Average Fuel Economy.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. 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.
  3. A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.
    South-Africa
  4. A small restaurant of any genre.
    Canada
  5. corporate average fuel economy
  6. A restaurant serving coffee and other beverages along with baked goods or light meals.
  7. a (usually small) shop where meals and (non-alcoholic) drinks are served. kafee مَقْهى، مَطْعَم صَغير кафене café kavárna das Cafe kaffebar; café εστιατόριο-καφέ café kohvik کافه؛ بار kahvila café-restaurant בֵּית קָפֶה काफी ग्रह, जलपान ग्रह kavana étterem kedai kaffihús caffè, bar, piccolo ristorante 軽食堂 카페 kavinė kafejnīca kedai kopi eethuisjekawiarnia رستوران، کافی café cafe­nea кафе kaviareň restavracija kafić kafé ร้านอาหารเล็ก ๆ ที่ขายเครื่องดื่มและขนม kafe 咖啡館 кав'ярня کھانے کی چھوٹی د...
    usually
  8. a small or inexpensive restaurant or coffee bar, serving light meals and refreshments
  9. South African a corner shop or grocer
    South African
  10. a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
  11. a restaurant, usu. small and unpretentious.
  12. a barroom, cabaret, or nightclub.
  13. 'café'A café /'kæfeɪ/ is a place where you can buy drinks and simple meals or snacks. In Britain, cafés often don't sell alcoholic drinks. Café is sometimes spelled cafe.Is there an internet café near here?
  14. 'coffee'Coffee /'kɒfi/ is a hot drink.Would you like a cup of coffee?

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca kafe qəhvəxana
Беларуская кавя́рня кафэ
Български кафе кафене́
বাংলা হোটেল
Bosanski bar кафана
Català café cafeteria
Čeština kavárna
Cymraeg caffi siop goffi
Deutsch Café Kaffeehaus
Esperanto kafejo
Eesti kohvik
Suomi kahvila
Français café café
Gaeilge caife
Galego bar café cafetaría cafetería
עברית בית קפה
Hrvatski bar кафана
Հայերեն կաֆե սրճարան
Bahasa Indonesia kafe warung kopi
Íslenska kaffihús
ქართული კაფე ყავახანა
ខ្មែរ ហាងកាហ្វេ
Kurdî bar kafê
ລາວ ກາເຟ
Lietuvių kavinė
Latviešu kafejnīca
Македонски кафана кафуле
Bahasa Melayu kafe kedai kopi
Nederlands café koffiehuis
Polski café kawiarnia
پښتو خوړنځی
Português café cafeteria
Română cafenea
Slovenčina kaviareň
Slovenščina kavarna
Српски bar кафана
Svenska café kafé
Kiswahili mkahawa
Тоҷикӣ қаҳвахона
Tagalog kapihan
Türkçe kafe kahvehane
ئۇيغۇرچە قەھۋەخانا
Українська кав'я́рня кафе
اردو ہوٹل
Oʻzbekcha qahvaxona
Tiếng Việt quán cà phê

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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