Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pousse-café

/ˌpuskæˈfeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: pousse--cafe
IPA: /ˌpuskæˈfeɪ/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A digestif consumed after the coffee course.

noun

A drink composed of several layers of different-coloured liqueurs.

Example Sentences

"Mlle. Solange was horrified; but Barty insisted on waiting on the old gentleman in person, and helped him to his coffee and pousse‑café with all the humorous grace I can so well imagine, and handed him the Indépendance Belge, and went back to superintend the arrangements for the coming play."
"When I go back to New York, some of my friends seem to be layered with drugs, from the top down, like a pousse-café: Rogaine on top, then Prozac, then Xanax, then Viagra. . . ."

Etymology

From French pousse-café (literally “coffee-pusher”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: pousse-café

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpuskæˈfeɪ/
British English: /ˌpuːskaˈfeɪ/

Inflected Forms

pousse-cafés (plural)

Synonyms

chasse-café

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce pousse-café?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpuskæˈfeɪ/.
What does pousse-café mean?: A digestif consumed after the coffee course.
Where does pousse-café come from?: It is traced to French.

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