καφέ

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfe/
• Hyphenation: κα‧φέ

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from French café (“coffee, coffee coloured”) (colour usage).

Adjective

καφέ • (kafé) (indeclinable)

1. of brown (color/colour)

   Έφυγε το κουμπί της καφέ φούστας μου.

   Éfyge to koumpí tis kafé foústas mou.

   The button of my brown skirt is torn (literally: gone).

Synonyms

• καφετής (kafetís) (tautonym)
• καστανός (kastanós, “of chestnut brown”)

Related terms

• καφε- (kafe-, “compounds”)

• see: καφές m (kafés, “coffee”)

Noun

καφέ • (kafé) n (indeclinable)

1. (color) brown, coffee (color/colour)

   Δε μ' αρέσουν τα καφέ. Προτιμώ το μαύρο από το καφέ.

   De m' arésoun ta kafé. Protimó to mávro apó to kafé.

   I don't like the browns. I prefer black to brown.

Synonyms

• καφετί n (kafetí, noun) (color, colour)
• καστανό n (kastanó, noun) (color, colour)

See also

Colors in Greek · χρώματα (chrómata) (layout · text)

λευκό (lefkó)	γκρι (gkri)	μαύρο (mávro)
κόκκινο (kókkino); βυσσινί (vyssiní)	πορτοκαλί (portokalí); καφέ (kafé)	κίτρινο (kítrino); κρεμ (krem)
λαχανί (lachaní)	πράσινο (prásino)
κυανό (kyanó); βαθυκύανο (vathykýano)	γαλάζιο (galázio)	μπλε (ble)
ιόχρους (ióchrous); ινδικό (indikó)	ματζέντα (matzénta); μωβ (mov)	ροζ (roz)

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Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from French café (“coffee shop, cafe”)

Noun

καφέ • (kafé) n (indeclinable)

1. cafe, coffee shop

Synonyms

• καφετέρια f (kafetéria) (tautonym)

Related terms

• καφέ μπαρ n (kafé bar)
• καφενείο n (kafeneío, “cafe -of less modern style-”)

Etymology 3

Inflectional form.

Noun

καφέ • (kafé) n

1. Genitive, accusative and vocative singular form of καφές (kafés).

Further reading

• καφέ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• καφέ - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) [A Practical dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
• Terms with καφε- (senses for "brown" and καφές m (kafés, “coffee”) 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)