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Can café mean coffee?

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Technically, in its strict English dictionary definition, a "café" refers to the physical establishment, building, or restaurant where coffee and light refreshments are served, rather than the brewed coffee beverage itself today right here. However, because the word originates directly from French and other European languages where "café" translates literally to coffee, people colloquially use it when talking about grabbing a cup of coffee or visiting a shop for their favorite morning espresso drink.
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Historically and etymologically, yes. The word café derives directly from foreign terms meaning coffee beans or the brewed coffee beverage itself. In French, asking for a café simply means ordering a cup of coffee. However, in contemporary English, the word almost exclusively refers to the physical establishment or building where coffee is sold and consumed, rather than the liquid drink itself, which is referred to as coffee. Always evaluate sentence context to determine whether a word refers to a beverage or a building.
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