coffee
Arabic
/ˈkɒ.fi/, /ˈkɔː.fɪ/, /ˈkɔ.fi/, /ˈkɑ.fi/
root
Definitions
- (uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
- (countable) A serving of this beverage.
- The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
- The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
- A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
- A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
- The end of a meal, when coffee is served.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish koffie (coffee) derived from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (coffee) derived from Arabic قَهْوَة (coffee, a brew, wine).
Origin
Arabic
قَهْوَة
Gloss
coffee, a brew, wine
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coffee English
- kahweol English
- kávé Hungarian
- caffè Italian
- ijskoffie Dutch, Flemish
- koffie Dutch, Flemish
- koffieautomaat Dutch, Flemish
- koffiebar Dutch, Flemish
- koffieboon Dutch, Flemish
- koffiecultuur Dutch, Flemish
- koffiedik Dutch, Flemish
- koffiehuis Dutch, Flemish
- koffiekan Dutch, Flemish
- koffieleut Dutch, Flemish
- koffiemelk Dutch, Flemish
- koffiemolen Dutch, Flemish
- koffiepauze Dutch, Flemish
- koffieplantage Dutch, Flemish
- koffieplanter Dutch, Flemish
- koffiepoeder Dutch, Flemish
- koffiepot Dutch, Flemish
- koffieprut Dutch, Flemish
- koffieroom Dutch, Flemish
- koffieshop Dutch, Flemish
- koffietijd Dutch, Flemish
- koffiezetapparaat Dutch, Flemish
- oploskoffie Dutch, Flemish
- surrogaatkoffie Dutch, Flemish
- cafetière French
- café French
- ко́фе Russian
- кофе Russian
- café Spanish, Castilian
- kaffe Norwegian Bokmål
- kaffe Swedish
- コーヒー Japanese
- 珈琲 / コーヒー, コーヒー Japanese
- kawa Polish
- káva Czech
- قَهْوة Arabic
- قَهْوَة Arabic
- kafa Serbo-Croatian
- kahva Serbo-Croatian
- kava Serbo-Croatian
- кава Serbo-Croatian
- кафа Serbo-Croatian
- кахва Serbo-Croatian
- cafea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- قهوه Persian
- καφές Greek (modern)
- koffie Afrikaans
- kopi Malay
- kafe Albanian
- qəhvə Azerbaijani
- קאַווע Yiddish
- קהוה Hebrew (modern)
- قهوه Ottoman Turkish
- ყავა Georgian
- кафе Macedonian
- кава Ukrainian
- káva Slovak
- kahawa Swahili
- кава Belarusian
- kava Slovene
- cafè Sicilian
- קהוא Aramaic
- قهوة Moroccan Arabic
- qahva Uzbek
- قهوة Hijazi Arabic
- kupi Brunei Malay
- قهوة Gulf Arabic
- aqehwi Tarifit
- kahawa Tausug
- kofi Ternate