Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

More definitions
  • a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

Examples

213 sentences
  1. He eats lunch at a cafeteria.

    Він обідає у кафетерії.

    ruОн обедает в кафетерии.

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  2. Tom ate lunch in the cafeteria.

    Том пообідав у кафетерії.

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  3. 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.

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  4. 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.

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  5. Tom and I usually eat lunch in the cafeteria.

    Ми з Томом зазвичай обідаємо в кафетерії.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
restaurant:
Русский
By meaning 1
restaurant:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
restaurant:
dining area:

Origin

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), f

Borrowed 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: cafeterias

Synonyms

2 synonyms
dining area in an institution:canteenB1

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • in the cafeteria
  • the school cafeteria
  • school cafeteria
  • to the cafeteria
  • the cafeteria is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cafeteria — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto