cafeteria
A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray…A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
» He eats lunch at a cafeteria.
Он обедает в кафетерии.
Він обідає у кафетерії.
Meaning
2 senses(Canada, US)A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
Cafeteria, Kantine
кафете́рийkafetɛ́rij, столо́ваяstolóvaja, заку́сочнаяzakúsočnaja
їда́льняjidálʹnja, кафете́рійkafetérij
(Canada, US)A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
Kantine, Mensa
столо́ваяstolóvaja
їда́льняjidálʹnja, кафете́рійkafetérij
- a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
Examples
213 sentencesHe eats lunch at a cafeteria.
Він обідає у кафетерії.
ruОн обедает в кафетерии.
Tom ate lunch in the cafeteria.
Том пообідав у кафетерії.
I'd like to work at the cafeteria.
Я хотів би працювати в каферетії.
ruЯ бы хотел работать в кафетерии.
deIch würde gern in der Cafeteria arbeiten.
I'm tired of eating at the school cafeteria.
Я втомився харчуватися у шкільному кафетерії.
ruМне надоело питаться в школьной столовой.
deIch habe es satt, in der Schulcafeteria zu essen.
Tom and I usually eat lunch in the cafeteria.
Ми з Томом зазвичай обідаємо в кафетерії.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), fBorrowed from Mexican 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.
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Forms
plural: cafeteriasSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
17 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- in the cafeteria
- the school cafeteria
- school cafeteria
- to the cafeteria
- the cafeteria is