Definitions for cafeteriaˌkæf ɪˈtɪər i ə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
caf•e•te•ri•aˌkæf ɪˈtɪər i ə(n.)(pl.)-ri•as.
a restaurant in which patrons select food at a counter and carry it to tables.
a lunchroom, as for employees or students.
Origin of cafeteria:
1830–40, Amer.; < AmerSp
Princeton's WordNet
cafeteria(noun)
a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
cafeteria(noun)ˌkæf ɪˈtɪər i ə
a restaurant in a school, a hospital, etc.
Wiktionary
cafeteria(Noun)
A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat
cafeteria(Noun)
A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above) or brought in from elsewhere
Origin: (Mid 19th or 20th century) American Spanish cafetería, coffeehouse, from cafetera, coffee maker, from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh, from Arabic qahwa
Translations for cafeteria
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- kafeteriaAfrikaans
- مَطْعَمُ خِدْمَةٍ ذاتيَّهArabic
- ресторант на самообслужванеBulgarian
- restaurante self-servicePortuguese (BR)
- restaurace se samooblushouCzech
- das Restaurant mit SelbstbedienungGerman
- cafeteriaDanish
- εστιατόριο σελφ σέρβιςGreek
- cafeteríaSpanish
- selvekohvikEstonian
- کافه تریاFarsi
- kanttiiniFinnish
- cafétériaFrench
- קָפִיטריָהHebrew
- रेस्त्रां जिसमें अपना सामान खुद से लेना होता होHindi
- restoran sa samoposluživanjemCroatian
- gyorsétteremHungarian
- kafetariaIndonesian
- kaffiteríaIcelandic
- tavola calda; self-serviceItalian
- カフェテリアJapanese
- (셀프서비스 식당) 카페테리아Korean
- savitarnos valgykla, užkandinėLithuanian
- kafetērijaLatvian
- kafeteriaMalay
- zelfbedieningsrestaurantDutch
- kafeteriaNorwegian
- bar samoobsługowyPolish
- کافه تریاPersian
- کافیتریاPashto
- snack-barPortuguese
- cafeneaRomanian
- кафетерийRussian
- samoobslužná reštauráciaSlovak
- samopostrežna restavracija, bifeSlovenian
- kafeterijaSerbian
- kafeteriaSwedish
- ร้านอาหารบริการตนเองThai
- kafeteryaTurkish
- 自助餐廳Chinese (Trad.)
- кафетерійUkrainian
- اپنے لئے کھانا خود لینے والا ہوٹلUrdu
- quán ăn tự phục vụVietnamese
- 自助餐厅Chinese (Simp.)
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