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cafe

/ˌkæˈfeɪ/

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What does cafe mean?

noun

  1. Alternative form of café.
  2. A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.
  3. Acronym of Corporate Average Fuel Economy.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌkæˈfeɪ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈkæfeɪ/
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He greeted his ex-employe, took him into a cafe, there admitted his identity and begged him not to betray him.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
I've "grubbed" at a threepenny hash-house, I've been at a counter-lunch, Reclined at a clap-up cafe where only the "swankers" munch.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
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He has been kicking the furniture about in all the other rooms; I have locked myself in my study, opposite that cafe.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe wisdom of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #223
He heard of it first, however, not from her letter, but casually in a cafe at Lima, just as he was preparing to return home.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
As she was passing in front of a cafe, she saw a woman haranguing the crowd in a very animated way from one of the windows.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138