/ˈkɒf.i/
Translation
A hot brown drink made from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant.
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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