cafeteria

See also: Cafeteria, cafetería, caféteria, and cafétéria

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from 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, aşxana
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: kahvio (fi) (usually as part of a larger entity such as a large retail store); kafeteria (fi)
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
Yiddish: קאַפֿעטעריע f (kafeterye), קאַנטינע f (kantine), סטאָלאָווע f (stolove), סטאָלאָווקע f (stolovke)

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 (da) c (meals can be purchased), spisesal c (schools), frokoststue (da) 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 (he) 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

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

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

Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeteries)

cafe
cafeteria

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

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
abessive		cafeteriatta	cafeterioitta
instructive		—	cafeterioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of cafeteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cafeteriani	cafeteriani
accusative	nom.	cafeteriani	cafeteriani
accusative	gen.	cafeteriani	cafeteriani
genitive		cafeteriani	cafeterioideni cafeterioitteni cafeteriaini^rare
partitive		cafeteriaani	cafeterioitani
inessive		cafeteriassani	cafeterioissani
elative		cafeteriastani	cafeterioistani
illative		cafeteriaani	cafeterioihini
adessive		cafeteriallani	cafeterioillani
ablative		cafeterialtani	cafeterioiltani
allative		cafeterialleni	cafeterioilleni
essive		cafeterianani	cafeterioinani
translative		cafeteriakseni	cafeterioikseni
abessive		cafeteriattani	cafeterioittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cafeterioineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cafeteriasi	cafeteriasi
accusative	nom.	cafeteriasi	cafeteriasi
accusative	gen.	cafeteriasi	cafeteriasi
genitive		cafeteriasi	cafeterioidesi cafeterioittesi cafeteriaisi^rare
partitive		cafeteriaasi	cafeterioitasi
inessive		cafeteriassasi	cafeterioissasi
elative		cafeteriastasi	cafeterioistasi
illative		cafeteriaasi	cafeterioihisi
adessive		cafeteriallasi	cafeterioillasi
ablative		cafeterialtasi	cafeterioiltasi
allative		cafeteriallesi	cafeterioillesi
essive		cafeterianasi	cafeterioinasi
translative		cafeteriaksesi	cafeterioiksesi
abessive		cafeteriattasi	cafeterioittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cafeterioinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cafeteriamme	cafeteriamme
accusative	nom.	cafeteriamme	cafeteriamme
accusative	gen.	cafeteriamme	cafeteriamme
genitive		cafeteriamme	cafeterioidemme cafeterioittemme cafeteriaimme^rare
partitive		cafeteriaamme	cafeterioitamme
inessive		cafeteriassamme	cafeterioissamme
elative		cafeteriastamme	cafeterioistamme
illative		cafeteriaamme	cafeterioihimme
adessive		cafeteriallamme	cafeterioillamme
ablative		cafeterialtamme	cafeterioiltamme
allative		cafeteriallemme	cafeterioillemme
essive		cafeterianamme	cafeterioinamme
translative		cafeteriaksemme	cafeterioiksemme
abessive		cafeteriattamme	cafeterioittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cafeterioinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cafeterianne	cafeterianne
accusative	nom.	cafeterianne	cafeterianne
accusative	gen.	cafeterianne	cafeterianne
genitive		cafeterianne	cafeterioidenne cafeterioittenne cafeteriainne^rare
partitive		cafeteriaanne	cafeterioitanne
inessive		cafeteriassanne	cafeterioissanne
elative		cafeteriastanne	cafeterioistanne
illative		cafeteriaanne	cafeterioihinne
adessive		cafeteriallanne	cafeterioillanne
ablative		cafeterialtanne	cafeterioiltanne
allative		cafeteriallenne	cafeterioillenne
essive		cafeteriananne	cafeterioinanne
translative		cafeteriaksenne	cafeterioiksenne
abessive		cafeteriattanne	cafeterioittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cafeterioinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cafeteriansa	cafeteriansa
accusative	nom.	cafeteriansa	cafeteriansa
accusative	gen.	cafeteriansa	cafeteriansa
genitive		cafeteriansa	cafeterioidensa cafeterioittensa cafeteriainsa^rare
partitive		cafeteriaansa	cafeterioitaan cafeterioitansa
inessive		cafeteriassaan cafeteriassansa	cafeterioissaan cafeterioissansa
elative		cafeteriastaan cafeteriastansa	cafeterioistaan cafeterioistansa
illative		cafeteriaansa	cafeterioihinsa
adessive		cafeteriallaan cafeteriallansa	cafeterioillaan cafeterioillansa
ablative		cafeterialtaan cafeterialtansa	cafeterioiltaan cafeterioiltansa
allative		cafeterialleen cafeteriallensa	cafeterioilleen cafeterioillensa
essive		cafeterianaan cafeterianansa	cafeterioinaan cafeterioinansa
translative		cafeteriakseen cafeteriaksensa	cafeterioikseen cafeterioiksensa
abessive		cafeteriattaan cafeteriattansa	cafeterioittaan cafeterioittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cafeterioineen cafeterioinensa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cafetería.

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.fɨ.tɨˈɾi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: ca‧fe‧te‧ri‧a

Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeterias)

cafeteria (type of restaurant)

Related terms

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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cafeteria

English

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Catalan

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Finnish

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Noun

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Portuguese

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Noun

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Swedish

Noun

Declension

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