cafeteria

Meaning

Noun

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

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Origin

  • (Mid 19th or 20th century) American Spanish cafetería ("coffeehouse"), from cafetera, from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة ("coffee"). cafetière.

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