cafeteria
English
noun
Definitions
- A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat
- A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian cafetería (coffeehouse) derived from French cafetière 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
- cafetière English
- kahweol English
- Cafeteria German
- Kaffee German
- kávé Hungarian
- caffettiera Italian
- caffè Italian
- cafetaria Dutch, Flemish
- koffie Dutch, Flemish
- cafetière French
- café French
- ко́фе Russian
- кофе Russian
- cafeteria Spanish, Castilian
- cafetería Spanish, Castilian
- café Spanish, Castilian
- kafeteria Norwegian Bokmål
- kaffe Norwegian Bokmål
- kaffe Swedish
- kawa Polish
- kafeteria Norwegian Nynorsk
- káva Czech
- قهوة Arabic
- 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)
- Türk kahvesi Turkish
- kahve Turkish
- kahverengi Turkish
- caf'tchiéthe Norman
- kafe Albanian
- qəhvə Azerbaijani
- קאַווע Yiddish
- קהוה Hebrew (modern)
- قهوه Ottoman Turkish
- ყავა Georgian
- кафе Macedonian
- кава Ukrainian
- káva Slovak
- kahawa Swahili
- 카페테리아 Korean
- кава Belarusian
- kava Slovene
- cafè Sicilian
- קהוא Aramaic
- قهوة Moroccan Arabic
- qahva Uzbek
- قهوة Hijazi Arabic
- قهوة Gulf Arabic
- aqehwi Tarifit
- kahawa Tausug