carafe
A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other…A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
» She filled the carafe with fresh juice before breakfast.
Meaning
2 sensesA bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
Karaffe, Wasserflasche
графи́нgrafín
кара́фаkaráfa, графи́нhrafýn
a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
Examples
10 sentencesShe filled the carafe with fresh juice before breakfast.
I broke the carafe that goes to the coffee maker.
deMir ist die Kanne der Kaffeemaschine zu Bruch gegangen.
On the table stood a crystal carafe full of red wine.
With an elegant gesture, the waiter poured water from a silver carafe.
ruЭлегантным движением руки официант налил воды из серебряного графина.
deMit einer eleganten Handbewegung schenkte der Kellner Wasser aus einer silbernen Karaffe ein.
The waiter poured water out of a silver carafe with an elegant gesture.
deDer Kellner schenkte mit einer eleganten Geste Wasser aus einer silbernen Karaffe ein.
Translations
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Origin
First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَFirst attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”). Doublet of carboy.
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