# café

Pronunciation: US say "ka-FAY" /ˌkæˈfeɪ/; UK say "KAF-ay" /ˈkæfeɪ/

## Noun

1. A coffee shop that sells coffee and often other non-alcoholic drinks, snacks, or light meals, with seating to consume them on the premises.
   - Simple: A place where you can buy coffee, snacks, or light meals and eat or drink them there.
   - _They spent the morning at a café, sharing pastries and cappuccinos._
   - _Several cafés along the boulevard offer outdoor seating in summer._
2. A small eating establishment that serves meals of any cuisine or style. *(Canada)*
   - Simple: A small restaurant that serves meals, of any kind of food.
   - _The café served everything from noodle soup to grilled steak._
   - _Tourists crowded the tiny cafés lining the harbor for fresh seafood._

## Origin

An unadapted borrowing from French café ("coffee; coffee shop"). It is a doublet of caffè and coffee.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/caf%C3%A9 (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).