cafétéria
/kˌæfətˈɪɹiə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Monday evening May 5, is the date for the May Campus luncheon given annually by the Y. W. C. A. This is served in cafétéria style and is much enjoyed by the entire student body and many town people."
- "Waiting in line for the cafétéria in the transit centres at Creteil, a southern suburb of Paris, is a 24-year-old chemistry student."
- "Residences, cafétérias"
- "With the exception of cafétérias and self-service restaurants, most eateries take credit cards."
- "Once inside and taking heed of the directions of their informative guide Rosemary, Charlotte turned her gaze from the wonderful display of leather handbags, gloves, and perfumes on the beauty counter and followed Daisy and the others onto the escalator going up to the cafétéria floor. / The selection of drinks in the cafétéria was extensive."
- "We now had the whole day on our hands, and we wandered aimlessly around the town until we found a cafétéria tucked away in a side alley near the town centre."
Etymology
From French cafétéria.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: cafétéria