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café

1
or ca·fe

[ ka-fey, kuh- French ka-fey ]

noun

, plural ca·fés [ka-, feyz, k, uh, -, k, a, -, fey].
  1. a small, unpretentious restaurant, often with exterior seating on a patio or extending onto the sidewalk.

    Synonyms: tearoom, lunchroom, bistro, coffeehouse

  2. I pick up a café and a croissant on my commute in to work every morning.



CAFE

2

[ ka-fey, kuh- ]

noun

  1. a U.S. federally mandated standard of average minimum miles-per-gallon fuel consumption for all the cars produced by an automobile manufacturer in a given year.

café

/ ˈkæfeɪ; ˈkæfɪ /

noun

  1. a small or inexpensive restaurant or coffee bar, serving light meals and refreshments
  2. a corner shop or grocer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of café1

First recorded in 1780–90; from French: literally, “coffee”; coffee

Origin of café2

C(orporate) A(verage) F(uel) E(conomy)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of café1

C19: from French: coffee
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Example Sentences

The BBC's application argued two reception areas, the Radio Theatre and the Media Cafe, should remain permanently closed to members of the public who had not received security checks upon entering the building, at Portland Place in central London.

From BBC

Skip the cafe line and make your own gourmet chai latte with Habit’s delicious loose-leaf chai tea blend, which is organic and fair trade.

"It’s going to open up channels of marketing we currently can’t afford, such as television advertising," said Alex Foley, who runs the Guardhouse Café at Berry Head.

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Kantner, who owns Café Stella, a French bistro, as well as next door Bar Stella, was arrested without incident.

When a Whole Foods opened in my neighborhood in 2016, it featured a ground-floor café where patrons could look out toward Philly’s famed Benjamin Franklin Parkway through double-height windows.

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