A Topical Dictionary: Search for cafeteria

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English

Etymology

(Mid 19th or 20th century) American Spanish cafetería, coffeehouse, from cafetera, coffee maker, from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh

Noun

A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat
A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above) or brought in from elsewhere

Related terms

caf
café, cafe

Translations

Chinese: 食堂 (shítáng); 餐厅 (cāntīng, dining hall)
Czech: jídelna , bufet, menza (at university)
French: cafétéria, cafèt'
Greek: καπηεταιρια (kaphetairia)
Hebrew: מזנון (miznon)
Italian: caffeteria

Japanese: 食堂 (shokudō)
Latin: cafeteria
Polish: kafeteria
Portuguese: #Portuguese|cafeteria
Romanian: cofetărie
Spanish: cafetería
Swedish: #Swedish|cafeteria

Swedish

Noun

cafeteria

#English|cafeteria

Alternative spellings

kafeteria

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Cafeteria \Caf`e*te"ri*a\, n. [Cf. F. cafeti[`e]re.]
1. A restaurant or caf['e] at which the patrons serve
themselves with food kept at a counter, typically paying a
cashier at the end of the counter and taking the food to
tables to eat. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

2. a room within a building functioning in the same manner as
a cafeteria[1]. In certain organizations, as schools, the
food may be provided gratis.
[PJC]

WordNet cafeteria
n : a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

Moby Dictionary
automat , beanery , bistro , buffet , buvette , cafe , canteen , cantina ,
chophouse , chuck wagon , coffee shop , coffeehouse , coffeeroom ,
commons , cookhouse , cookshack , cookshop , diner , dinette ,
dining car , dining hall , dining room , dining saloon , dog wagon ,
drive-in , drive-in restaurant , eatery , eating house ,
fast-food chain , grill , grillroom , hamburger stand , hash house ,
hashery , hot-dog stand , kitchen , lunch counter , lunch wagon ,
luncheonette , lunchroom , mess , mess hall , messroom , pizzeria ,
quick-lunch counter , refectory , restaurant , salle a manger ,
smorgasbord , snack bar , tavern , tearoom , trattoria