קפה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of קהוה.

Noun

קָפֶה • (kafé) m

1. (uncountable) coffee

Derived terms

• בֵּית־קָפֶה (béit-kafé)
• קָפֶה הָפוּךְ (kafé hafúkh)
• קָפֶה נָמֵס (kafé namés)
• קָפֶה קָפוּא (kafé kafú)

Etymology 2

Noun

קֻפָּה • (kupá) f (plural indefinite קֻפּוֹת, singular construct קֻפַּת־)

1. defective spelling of קופה

References

• “קפה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• קפה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he