Synonyms for coffee

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kaw-fee, kof-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔ fi, ˈkɒf i

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Définition of coffee

Origin : c.1600, from Italian caffe, from Turkish kahveh, from Arabic qahwah "coffee," said originally to have meant "wine," but perhaps rather from Kaffa region of Ethiopia, a home of the plant (coffee in Kaffa is called buno, which was borrowed into Arabic as bunn "raw coffee"). Much initial diversity of spelling, including chaoua.
Yemen was the first great coffee exporter and to protect its trade decreed that no living plant could leave the country. In 16c., a Muslim pilgrim brought some coffee beans from Yemen and raised them in India. Appeared in Europe (from Arabia) c.1515-1519. Introduced to England by 1650, and by 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses. Coffee plantations established in Brazil 1727. Meaning "a light meal at which coffee is served" is from 1774. Coffee break attested from 1952, at first often in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau. Coffee pot from 1705.
Did you drink a cup of coffee on company time this morning? Chances are that you did--for the midmorning coffee break is rapidly becoming a standard fixture in American offices and factories. ["The Kiplinger Magazine," March 1952]

noun hot beverage made from beans of a tree

Example sentences :

Miss Avice won't be down, sir, and I'm to fetch her up a pot of coffee, sir.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

"Another cup of coffee, Mrs. Davis," he said, passing his cup across the table.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

When he had eaten, he sat with his coffee for a final smoke of deliberation.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Hey, Scottie, shake up the fire and put on some coffee, will you?
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

The pouring of coffee may be done at the table or in the kitchen.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Tell briefly about the preparation of coffee for the market.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Katie brought his coffee to his room, and he drank it standing.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

At last he asked K. to mind the door until he got some coffee.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

They went into the dining-room, and the dealer called for coffee at once.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

Jack Bates looked up from emptying the third spoon of sugar into his coffee.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

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