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
  • 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

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)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from French café (coffee shop, cafe)

Noun

καφέ • (kafé) n (indeclinable)

  1. cafe, coffee shop
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Inflectional form.

Noun

καφέ • (kafé) n

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

Further reading

  • καφέ - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  • 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 beginning with καφε-   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)
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