le

/ka.fe/

New to these symbols? How to read French IPA
Line drawing of café
Coloured illustration of café
#548 of 3,000Core 1000

Translation

coffee; cafe

Test yourself on café

Three quick questions. No account needed.

Know this word? Create a free account to track it.

Word origin

From Italian caffe, from Turkish kahve, from Arabic qahwa ('coffee'). The same chain gave English 'coffee' and 'cafe'.

Origin
Arabic
Root
qahwa
English cognates
coffee, cafe

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralcafés

Examples

.

I always have a coffee in the morning before leaving.

?

Shall we meet at the corner cafe at noon?

, .

This coffee is too strong for me, I prefer tea.

.

The village cafe closes at ten in the evening.

.

She invited me round for a coffee at hers.

Where this fits

Used in

Grammar articles

(18)

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Chapters 1 and 2 free

Meet this word in a story

Every course has graded stories written only with words you have been taught, plus grammar drills, a games arcade and printable worksheets. Chapters 1 and 2 are free.

Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.

Start learning free

French · Free printables

café: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the French word "café" (coffee; cafe): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.

Part of Kilo Lingo Plus

Printables beyond chapters 1 and 2 are part of Kilo Lingo Plus. Sign up free and start your free week to download as many as you like: no card.

Start your free week (no card)

This word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 6: café, tel, casser and 7 more words.