cafeteria

See also: Cafeteria, cafetería, caféteria, and cafétéria

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

(Mid 19th or 20th century) American Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه‎ (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة‎ (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of cafetière.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkafəˈtɪəɹi.ə/
Audio (southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkæfəˈtɪ(ə)ɹi.ə/
Rhymes: -ɪɹiə, -ɪəɹiə

Noun

cafeteria (plural cafeterias)

(chiefly US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
(chiefly US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.

Synonyms

lunchroom
(dining area in an institution): canteen

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

restaurant

Albanian: mensë (sq) f, menxë f
Arabic: مَقْصَف‎ (ar) m (maqṣaf), كَافِتِيرِيَا‎ f (kāfetēriyā)
Armenian: ճաշարան (hy) (čašaran)
Azerbaijani: yeməkxana (az), bufet (az), kafeteriya
Bashkir: ашхана (aşxana)
Basque: kantina (eu), jantegi (eu)
Belarusian: стра́ўня f (stráŭnja), кафэтэ́рый m (kafetéryj)
Bulgarian: столо́ва (bg) f (stolóva)
Catalan: cafeteria f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 餐廳, 餐厅 (caan¹ teng¹), 飯堂, 饭堂 (faan⁶ tong⁴)

Mandarin: 食堂 (zh) (shítáng), 餐廳／餐厅 (zh) (cāntīng)
Chuvash: столовӑй (stolovăj)
Czech: jídelna (cs) f, bufet (cs), menza (cs) (at university)
Danish: cafeteria (da) n
Dutch: kantine (nl) f, cafetaria (nl) m or f
Estonian: söökla (et), kantiin, kafeteeria
Finnish: kafeteria (fi); kahvio (fi) (usually as part of a larger entity such as a large retail store)
French: cafétéria (fr) f, cafèt’ (fr) f , cantine (fr) f
Georgian: სასადილო (sasadilo)
German: Cafeteria (de) f, Kantine (de) f
Greek: καφετέρια (el) f (kafetéria), καντίνα (el) f (kantína), τραπεζαρία (el) f (trapezaría)
Ancient Greek: φιδίτιον n (phidítion)
Hebrew: מִזְנוֹן‎ (he) m (miznon), קָפִיטֶרְיָה‎ (he) f (kafitéria), קַנטִינָה‎ (he) f (kantina)
Hindi: कैंटीन (hi) m (kaiṇṭīn), कैफ़ेटेरिया m (kaifeṭeriyā), काफ़ीघर m (kāfīghar)
Hungarian: kantin (hu), menza (hu), bisztró (hu), önkiszolgáló étterem/étkezde, étkezde (hu)
Ido: kantino (io)
Italian: caffetteria (it) f, mensa (it) f
Japanese: 食堂 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō), カフェテリア (kafeteria)
Kazakh: асхана (asxana)
Korean: 식당(食堂) (ko) (sikdang), 카페테리아 (kapeteria)
Kyrgyz: ашкана (ky) (aşkana), столовая (ky) (stolovaya)
Lao: ໂຮງອາຫານ (hōng ʼā hān)
Latin: cafeteria
Latvian: ēdnīca f, kafetērija f
Lithuanian: valgykla f
Macedonian: кантина f (kantina), кафетерија f (kafeterija)
Malay: kafeteria
Maori: kāmuri
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цайны газар (cajny gazar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kafeteria (no) m

Nynorsk: kafeteria m
Persian: کافه‌تریا‎ (kâfe-teriyâ)
Polish: kafeteria (pl) f, stołówka (pl) f
Portuguese: cafeteria (pt) f, cantina (pt) f
Romanian: cofetărie (ro) f, cantină (ro) f
Russian: кафете́рий (ru) m (kafetɛ́rij), столо́вая (ru) f (stolóvaja), заку́сочная (ru) f (zakúsočnaja), буфе́т (ru) m (bufét)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: канти́на f, кафетѐрија f

Roman: kantína (sh) f, kafetèrija (sh) f
Slovak: kantína f, jedáleň f
Slovene: menza (sl) f
Spanish: cafetería (es) f, cantina (es) f
Swahili: mikahawa (sw)
Swedish: cafeteria (sv) c, fik (sv) n, lunchrestaurang (sv) c, kafé (sv) n, lunchservering c, servering (sv) c
Tajik: ошхона (tg) (ošxona)
Thai: โรงอาหาร (roong-aa-hǎan)
Tongan: fale kai
Turkish: kantin (tr), kafeterya (tr)
Turkmen: mytara
Ukrainian: їда́льня (uk) f (jidálʹnja), кафете́рій m (kafetérij)
Uyghur: ئاشخانا‎ (ashxana)
Uzbek: oshxona (uz), ovqatxona (uz), yemakxona (uz), kafeterya (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà ăn (vi), căng tin (vi), quán cà phê

dining area

Armenian: ճաշարան (hy) (čašaran)
Azerbaijani: yeməkxana (az), kafeteriya, aşxana
Belarusian: стра́ўня f (stráŭnja), стало́вая f (stalóvaja), яда́льня f (jadálʹnja), стало́ўка f (stalóŭka), стало́ўня f (stalóŭnja), кафетэ́рый m (kafjetéryj), кафэтэ́рый m (kafetéryj)
Bulgarian: столо́ва (bg) f (stolóva)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食堂 (zh) (shítáng), 餐廳／餐厅 (zh) (cāntīng), 館子／馆子 (zh) (guǎnzi)
Czech: kantýna (cs) f, jídelna (cs) f
Danish: cafeteria (da) n (meals can be purchased), kantine c (meals can be purchased), spisesal c (schools), frokoststue c (companies, no sale of food)
Dutch: cafetaria (nl) m or f
Esperanto: manĝejo
Estonian: kafeteeria, söökla (et)
Finnish: ruokala (fi), kanttiini (fi), kafeteria (fi)
French: caféteria f, cantine (fr) f, réfectoire (fr) m
German: Kantine (de) f, Mensa (de) f (at university)
Greek: καφετέρια (el) f (kafetéria)
Hebrew: חדר אוכל‎ m (khéder ókhel), קָפִיטֶרְיָה‎‎ f (kafitéria)
Hungarian: étkező (hu), büfé (hu)
Italian: mensa (it)
Japanese: 食堂 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō), カフェテリア (kafeteria), 学食 (ja) (がくしょく, gakushoku) (school cafeteria)
Kazakh: асхана (asxana), дәмхана (dämxana)
Khmer: អាហារដ្ឋាន (ʼaahaaratthaan)
Korean: 식당(食堂) (ko) (sikdang), 구내식당(構內食堂) (gunaesikdang), 카페테리아 (kapeteria)
Kyrgyz: ашкана (ky) (aşkana), столовая (ky) (stolovaya), кафетерий (ky) (kafeteriy)
Latvian: ēdnīca f, kafetērija f
Lithuanian: valgykla f
Macedonian: кантина f (kantina), менза f (menza)
Malay: kafeteria
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гуанз (mn) (guanz)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kafeteria (no) m

Nynorsk: kafeteria m
Persian: کافه‌تریا‎ (kâfe-teriyâ)
Polish: stołówka (pl) f
Portuguese: refeitório (pt), cantina (pt)
Russian: столо́вая (ru) f (stolóvaja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: канти́на f, ме̏нза f

Roman: kantína (sh) f, mȅnza (sh) f
Slovak: kantína f, jedáleň f
Slovene: menza (sl) f
Spanish: comedor (es) m, cantina (es) f, casino (es) m
Swahili: mikahawa (sw)
Swedish: matsal (sv) c, lunchrum (sv) n, fik (sv) n, matbespisning c, kantin (sv) c
Tajik: ошхона (tg) (ošxona)
Thai: โรงอาหาร (roong-aa-hǎan)
Turkish: kantin (tr), kafeterya (tr), aşhane (tr)
Turkmen: aşhana (tk), mytara
Ukrainian: їда́льня (uk) f (jidálʹnja), кафете́рій m (kafetérij)
Uzbek: oshxona (uz), ovqatxona (uz), yemakxona (uz), kafeteriy

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kə.fə.təˈɾi.ə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka.fe.teˈɾi.a/
Rhymes: -ia

Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeteries)

cafe
cafeteria

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑfeteriɑ/, [ˈkɑfe̞ˌt̪e̞riɑ]

Noun

cafeteria

Alternative form of kafeteria.

Declension

Inflection of cafeteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		cafeteria	cafeteriat
genitive		cafeterian	cafeterioiden cafeterioitten
partitive		cafeteriaa	cafeterioita
illative		cafeteriaan	cafeterioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		cafeteria	cafeteriat
accusative	nom.	cafeteria	cafeteriat
accusative	gen.	cafeterian	cafeteriat
genitive		cafeterian	cafeterioiden cafeterioitten cafeteriain^rare
partitive		cafeteriaa	cafeterioita
inessive		cafeteriassa	cafeterioissa
elative		cafeteriasta	cafeterioista
illative		cafeteriaan	cafeterioihin
adessive		cafeterialla	cafeterioilla
ablative		cafeterialta	cafeterioilta
allative		cafeterialle	cafeterioille
essive		cafeteriana	cafeterioina
translative		cafeteriaksi	cafeterioiksi
instructive		—	cafeterioin
abessive		cafeteriatta	cafeterioitta
comitative		—	cafeterioineen

Possessive forms of cafeteria (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	cafeteriani	cafeteriamme
2nd person	cafeteriasi	cafeterianne
3rd person	cafeteriansa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.fe.teˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.fe.teˈɾi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.fɨ.tɨˈɾi.ɐ/

Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeterias)

cafeteria (type of restaurant)

Swedish

Noun

cafeteria c

cafeteria

Declension

Declension of cafeteria
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cafeteria	cafeterian	cafeterior	cafeteriorna
Genitive	cafeterias	cafeterians	cafeteriors	cafeteriornas

Alternative forms

kafeteria

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