καφές

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve, “coffee”) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfes/

Noun

καφές • (kafés) m (plural καφέδες)

1. cup of coffee

   Έχω ανάγκη έναν καφές για να ξυπνήσω.

   Écho anágki énan kafés gia na xypníso.

   I need a cup of coffee to wake me up.

2. coffee

   Ο καφές και η σοκολάτα έχουν καφεΐνη. ― O kafés kai i sokoláta échoun kafeḯni. ― Coffee and chocolate have caffeine.

3. (in the singular) ground coffee, roast coffee, coffee bean
4. (in the singular) coffee plant

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	καφές (kafés)	καφέδες (kafédes)
genitive	καφέ (kafé)	καφέδων (kafédon)
accusative	καφέ (kafé)	καφέδες (kafédes)
vocative	καφέ (kafé)	καφέδες (kafédes)

Coordinate terms

• ελληνικός (καφές) m (ellinikós (kafés), “Greek coffee”)
• εσπρέσο m or n (espréso, “espresso”)
• καπουτσίνος m (kapoutsínos, “cappuccino”)
• τούρκικος (καφές) m (toúrkikos (kafés), “Turkish coffee”)
• φραπέ m (frapé, “frappé, iced instant coffee”)

 

Related terms

• καφέ μπαρ n (kafé bar, “coffee bar”)
• καφέ n (kafé, “coffee colour”)
• καφεδάκι n (kafedáki, “cup of coffee”, diminutive)
• καφεδάκος m (kafedákos, “cup of coffee”, diminutive)
• καφεδής (kafedís, “coffee coloured”)
• καφεμαντεία f (kafemanteía, “coffee fortune telling, tasseography”)
• καφενεδάκι n (kafenedáki, “cafe”, diminutive)
• καφενείο n (kafeneío, “cafe”)
• καφενές m (kafenés, “cafe”, informal)
• καφεόδεντρο n (kafeódentro, “coffee plant”)
• καφές με ολίγη (kafés me olígi, “coffee with a little sugar”)
• καφές της παρηγοριάς (kafés tis parigoriás, “funeral coffee”)
• καφετέρια f (kafetéria, “cafeteria”)
• καφετζής m (kafetzís, “cafe owner/worker”)
• καφετζού f (kafetzoú, “cafe owner/worker”)
• καφετής (kafetís, “coffee coloured”)
• καφετιέρα f (kafetiéra, “coffee pot”)

 

Further reading

• Terms with καφε- (senses for "coffee" and καφέ (kafé, “brown”) included.) —  Anastasiadi-Symeonidi, Anna (2003) Αντίστροφο λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής (ΑΛΝΕ) [Α Reverse Index of Modern Greek (RIMG)] @ins Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandafyllidis Foundation) ISBN:960-231-097-9 & online @greek-language.gr (abbreviations, asterisk for literary words)
• καφές on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el