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Synonyms for café

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ka-fey, kuh- or especially for 4, French ka-fey
Phonetic Transcription : kæˈfeɪ, kə- or especially for 4, French kaˈfeɪ

Top 10 synonyms for café
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Définition of café

Origin :
  • 1802, from French café "coffee, coffeehouse," from Italian caffe "coffee" (see coffee). The beverage was introduced in Venice by 1615 and in France from 1650s by merchants and travelers who had been to Turkey and Egypt. The first public café might have been the one opened in Marseilles in 1660.
  • noun small, informal restaurant
Example sentences :
  • He proved that he had spent the evening up to eleven o'clock in a cafe.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • When Rose married him he was leader of the orchestra at a cafe concert where she sang.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • It was Dubuche, whom she knew from having seen him on one occasion at the Cafe Baudequin.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • "If I were you I should have it in from the cafe," old Bosc slowly announced.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • "I've been to the cafe occasionally," Claude said to Florent.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • In spite of my singing in a cafe chantant I shall keep my self-respect.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Ah, he was breakfasting now; had ordered his "cafe complete."
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He was sitting at the edge of the street and I took him into the cafe and fed him.
  • Extract from : « Foundling on Venus » by John de Courcy
  • I communicated to them the news from their country which I had just read in a cafe.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • The three left the cafe together, followed by cries of "Bonne chance."
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
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