Dictionary

café

/ka.fe/

noun, masculine/ka.fe/plural: cafés

café is masculine in French.

coffee (drink); coffee colour; public house; cafe, coffee shop

Synonyms: caoua, noir, petit noir

Borrowed from Italian caffè, first appearing as the form caveé, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caoua.

adjective/ka.fe/

café is masculine or feminine depending on context in French.

of the colour of coffee

Borrowed from Italian caffè, first appearing as the form caveé, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caoua.