Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carafe

/kəˈɹæf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: carafe
IPA: /kəˈɹæf/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.

noun

A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.

Example Sentences

"Amongst the scattered letters and papers, there stood a claret jug, a large carafe of water, and an empty glass."
"[…]I ask if he'd like something to drink besides the carafe of tap water that has materialised on the table while we've been talking."
"Emma brings out the carafe of dark coffee."

Etymology

First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”). Doublet of carboy.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: carafe, caraffa, غُرْفَة, غ ر ف

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəˈɹæf/
British English: /kəˈɹæf/

Inflected Forms

carafes (plural)

Synonyms

decanter

Rhymes With

half staff laugh fail-safe behalf graph calf raf giraffe graf graff chaff

Questions

How do you pronounce carafe?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈɹæf/.
What does carafe mean?: A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
Where does carafe come from?: It is traced to French.

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