Friday 22 April 2011

Word "Coffee" worldwide

Coffee drinking has spread from an exclusively Arabian drink prior to the 1400's, into a global drink enjoyed in almost every country in the world. So, each language has needed to incorporate a term into their vocabulary that described this exotic drink. Here is a sample of the names that "coffee" is known by in global languages.



English 
coffee
French
café 
 German
kaffee
 Dutch
koffie
 Danish
kaffe
 Finnish
kahvi
 Hungarian
kavé
 Bohemian
kava
 Polish
kawa
 Roumanian
cafea
 Croatian
kafa
 Servian
kava
 Russian
kophe
 Swedish
kaffe
 Spanish
café
 Basque
kaffia
 Italian
caffè
 Portuguese
café
 Latin (scientific)
coffea
 Turkish
kahué
 Greek
kaféo
 Arabic
qahwah
 Persian
qéhvé
 Annamite
ca-phé
 Cambodian
kafé
 Dukni
bunbund
 Teluyan
kapri-vittulu
 Tamil
Kopi (கோபி)
 Canareze
kapi-bija
 Chinese
kia-fey, teoutsé
 Japanese
kéhi
 Malayan
kawa, koppi
 Abyssinian
bonn
 Foulak
legal café
 Sousou
houri caff
Marquesan
kapi
Chinook
kaufee
Volapuk
kaf
Esperanto
kafo
Breton
kafe 
    
Additional: 
Chinese : 咖啡
Vietnamese: cà phê

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