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cafeteria

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caf·e·te·ri·a  (kf-tîr-)
n.
1. A restaurant in which the customers are served at a counter and carry their meals on trays to tables.
2. A dining area, as at a school or office building, where meals may be purchased or brought from home and eaten.

[Spanish cafetería, coffee shop, cafeteria, from café, coffee, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh; see coffee.]

cafeteria [ˌkæfɪˈtɪərɪə]
n
a self-service restaurant
[from American Spanish: coffee shop]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cafeteria - a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashiercafeteria - a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
automat - a cafeteria where food is served from machines
eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant - a building where people go to eat
Translations
cafeteria [ˌkæfɪˈtɪərɪə] N(restaurante m de) autoservicio m; (in factory, office) → cafetería f, comedor m

cafeteria [ˌkæfɪˈtiərɪə] ncafétéria f

cafeteria
nCafeteria f

cafeteria [ˌkæfɪˈtɪərɪə] nself-service m inv; (in factory) → mensa

cafeteria
n cafeteria [kӕfəˈtiəriə]
a self-service restaurant This department store has a cafeteria. kafeteria مَطْعَمُ خِدْمَةٍ ذاتيَّه ресторант на самообслужване restaurace se samooblushou cafeteria das Restaurant mit Selbstbedienung εστιατόριο σελφ σέρβις cafetería selvekohvik کافه تریا kahvila, kafeteria cafétéria קָפִיטריָה रेस्त्रां जिसमें अपना सामान खुद से लेना होता हो restoran sa samoposluživanjem gyorsétterem kafetaria kaffitería tavola calda; self-service カフェテリア (셀프서비스 식당) 카페테리아 savitarnos valgykla, užkandinė kafetērija kafeteria zelfbedieningsrestaurant kafeteria bar samoobsługowy snack-bar cafenea кафетерий samoobslužná reštaurácia samopostrežna restavracija, bife kafeterija kafeteria ร้านอาหารบริการตนเอง kafeterya 自助餐廳 кафетерій اپنے لئے کھانا خود لینے والا ہوٹل quán ăn tự phục vụ

cafeteria كافتيريا kafeterie cafeteria Cafeteria καφετέρια cafetería ruokala cafétéria kafeterija tavola calda カフェテリア 카페테리아 cafetaria kafeteria bar szybkiej obsługi refeitório кафетерий cafeteria ร้านอาหารบริการตนเอง kafeterya quán ăn tự phục vụ 自助餐厅


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