/ˈkɒf.i/

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Meaning

A hot brown drink made from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant.

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Word origin

From Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from an Arabic word for the drink.

Origin
Italian
Root
caffè

Examples

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"Coffee" is the hot brown drink.

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"Coffee" has no plural, so we say "no coffee".

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Here "coffee" is the drink the milk is added to.

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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 1: coffee, fool, protect and 7 more words.