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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) or brought in from elsewhere
Translations: - French: cafétéria, cafèt'
- Italian: caffeteria
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: cafetería
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Etymology: (Mid 19th or 20th century) American Spanish cafetería, coffeehouse, from cafetera, coffee maker, from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh
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