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Pronunciation / Transliteration: kafeteria
"私たちは大学のカフェテリアで昼食をとった。"
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A restaurant where customers serve themselves from a counter and take their food to tables.
"We grabbed a quick lunch at the office cafeteria."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed from American Spanish cafetería, from café ('coffee') + -ería (suffix denoting place of business).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "cafeteria" is said worldwide
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cafétéria
Transliteration: kafeteria
"Nous allons déjeuner à la cafétéria de l'école."
Cafeteria
Transliteration: kafeˈteːria
"Die Studenten treffen sich in der Cafeteria."
caffetteria
Transliteration: kaffetteria
"Ci vediamo alla caffetteria dell'università."
cafetería
Transliteration: kafeteria
"Compramos un sándwich en la cafetería."
cafeteria
Transliteration: kafeteria
"Os funcionários almoçam na cafeteria da empresa."
जलपान गृह
Transliteration: jalpan grih
"हम दोपहर का भोजन करने जलपान गृह गए।"
自助餐厅
Transliteration: zìzhù cāntīng
"我们在学校的自助餐厅吃午饭。"
구내식당
Transliteration: gunaesikdang
"직원들은 회사 구내식당에서 점심을 먹습니다."
カフェテリア
Transliteration: kafeteria
"私たちは大学のカフェテリアで昼食をとった。"
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