noun

cafe

café, coffee shop

Let's meet at the cafe.

Let's meet at the café.

This cafe has great coffee.

This café has great coffee.

((a/the)) cafe refers to a place. Let's go to a cafe.

at ((a/the)) cafe indicates location. I'll wait for you at the cafe.

Synonyms: coffee shop, bistro, tea room

From French 'café' (coffee, coffeehouse), which comes from Turkish 'kahve', from Arabic 'qahwa'.

Picture yourself sitting in a cosy cafe, sipping coffee. The word itself sounds a bit like 'coffee'.

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