кофе

Chechen

Noun

кофе • (kofe) class j2

1. coffee

See also

• къахьо (qʼaḥʳo)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	كوفە
Cyrillic	кофе
Latin	kofe

Etymology

From Russian ко́фе (kófe), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”). Doublet of кафе (kafe).

Noun

кофе • (kofe)

1. coffee

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Russian ко́фе (kófe). Doublet of кафе (kafe).

Noun

кофе • (kofe) (Arabic spelling قوفە)

1. coffee

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠺᠣᠹᠧ (kofē)	кофе (kofe)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ко́фе m inan sg (kófe, “coffee”), from Italian caffè m sg (“coffee”), from Ottoman Turkish قَهْوَه sg (qahvah /⁠qahvä⁠/, “coffee”), from Arabic قَهْوَةٌ f sg (qahwatun, “coffee”). Doublet of кафе (kafe, “a café”).

Pronunciation

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): [kʰɔˑ.feˑ]
• Hyphenation: ко‧фе

Noun

кофе • (kofe)

1. coffee

   өтгөн кофе ― ötgön kofe ― strong coffee

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• кафе (kafe, “café”)
• цай (caj, “tea”)

Russian

Alternative forms

• ко́фей (kófej), ко́фий (kófij) — dated, now humorous
• ка́ва (káva), ка́гве (kágve), ка́фа (káfa), кафе́ (kafɛ́, “now only ‘café’”), кафе́й (kaféj), ке́фа (kéfa), коф (kof), ко́фа (kófa), ко́фия (kófija), ко́ффей (kóffej), кофь (kofʹ), ко́хий (kóxij), ко́хвей (kóxvej), ко́хвий (kóxvij) — obsolete, regional, or humorous

Etymology

First attested in late 17th or early 18th century. Borrowed from a West Germanic language, either English coffee, German Koffee, or directly from Dutch koffie, Ultimately from Italian caffè, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Doublet of кафе́ (kafé).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkofʲe]

• Audio:

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Noun

ко́фе • (kófe) m inan or n inan (indeclinable, relational adjective кофе́йный, diminutive кофеёк or кофеёчек)

1. coffee (in the form of a beverage)

   чёрный ко́фе ― čórnyj kófe ― black coffee

   ко́фе с молоко́м ― kófe s molokóm ― milk coffee / white coffee

   кре́пкий ко́фе ― krépkij kófe ― strong coffee

   ча́шка ко́фе ― čáška kófe ― a cup of coffee

2. coffee (in the form of beans)

   ко́фе в зёрнах ― kófe v zjórnax ― whole-bean coffee

   мо́лотый ко́фе ― mólotyj kófe ― ground coffee

   раствори́мый ко́фе ― rastvorímyj kófe ― instant coffee

   ко́фе без кофеи́на ― kófe bez kofeína ― decaf

Usage notes

• The word ко́фе is attested as neuter from the 17th century and also as masculine from the 18th century; several alternative forms had been used, but they became obsolete over time. Ushakov's Dictionary (1935) labelled the word ко́фе as masculine and (colloquially) neuter; later Soviet dictionaries prescribed masculine as the only correct gender. The use of masculine is often explained by existence of obsolete forms ко́фей (kófej) and ко́фий (kófij), but in the 19th century masculine was often used besides neuter also for other indeclinable loanwords ending in -о, -е (such as пальто́ (palʹtó), now neuter only). In practice, the word ко́фе was often informally treated as neuter: горя́чее ко́фе ― gorjáčeje kófe ― hot coffee. In 1983, the Pronouncing Dictionary of the Russian Language (Орфоэпический словарь русского языка) edited by R. I. Avanesov labelled the word as masculine and (accepted) neuter. Current Russian dictionaries label the word as masculine and (colloquially) neuter; the usage of neuter, however, still remains controversial and is often regarded as uneducated.
• Since the lack of declension may be inconvenient for some people, the diminutive forms of ко́фе, кофеёк (kofejók) or the dated form ко́фий (kófij), are occasionally used. Some ostensible case inflections are more common than others, e.g. the instrumental form ко́фем, but such inflected forms are non-standard and rarely used even in informal speech.

Derived terms

• кофева́рка (kofevárka)
• кофеёк (kofejók)
• кофе́йник (koféjnik)
• кофе́йничать (koféjničatʹ)
• кофе́йный (koféjnyj)
• кофе́йня (koféjnja)
• кофемо́лка (kofemólka)

 

Related terms

• кафе́ (kafɛ́)

Descendants

• → Armenian: կոֆե (kofe)
• → Azerbaijani: kofe
• → Bezhta: копе (kope)
• → Chechen: кофе (kofe)
• → Kazakh: кофе (kofe)
• → Kildin Sami: ко̄ффь (kōff’), ко̄фэ (kōfe)
• → Kyrgyz: кофе (kofe)
• → Livvi: koufei
• → Mongolian:

  • Cyrillic script: кофе (kofe)

    Mongolian script: ᠺᠣᠹᠧ (kofē)

• → Skolt Sami: kaaʹff, kååʹff
• → Tuvan: кофе (kofe)
• → Yakut: кофе (kofe)
• → Turkmen: kofe
• → Ukrainian: ко́фе (kófe)
• → Uzbek: kofe

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ко́фе (kófe), from Dutch koffie or English coffee. Doublet of ка́ва (káva) and кафе́ (kafé).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔfe]

• Audio:

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Noun

ко́фе • (kófe) n inan (indeclinable, relational adjective кофе́йний)

1. (colloquial, 1933–1991 form) Synonym of ка́ва f (káva, “coffee”)

Derived terms

• кофе́йник m (koféjnyk)
• кофе́йниця f (koféjnycja)

 

Related terms

• кофеї́н m (kofejín)
• ко́фій m (kófij) (colloquial, dated)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кофе”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “кофе”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “кофе”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кофе (kofe).

Noun

кофе • (kofe)

1. coffee (bean, drink)