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Coffee
/ˈkɑ.fi/
Today’s word is River.
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What it means
- noun
A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
- noun
A serving of this beverage.
- noun
The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
Where it comes from
Coffee comes from Arabic qahwa, by way of Turkish kahve and then Dutch koffie. English tried several spellings in the 1600s before settling on coffee. The drink and the word arrived in Europe together, from the coffee houses of the Ottoman world.
In a sentence
- Is there coffee?by Miktsoanit, Tatoeba
- We drink coffee.by ddnktr, Tatoeba
- Drink your coffee.by CK, Tatoeba
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