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cafétéria

cafétéria is the rare spelling of cafeteria.

Meaning of cafeteria

Noun

cafeteria (plural cafeterias)

  1. (Canada, US) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
  2. (Canada, US) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
    Synonyms:
    canteen

Forms of cafétéria

pluralcafétérias

Origin of cafétéria

From French cafétéria.

Questions about cafétéria

What is cafétéria the rare spelling of?
Cafétéria is the rare spelling of cafeteria.

Words near cafétéria in the dictionary

  1. cafés con leche
  2. cafés liégeois
  3. cafés noirs
  4. caféteria
  5. caféterias
  6. cafétéria
  7. cafétérias
  8. cag
  9. Cag-abaca
  10. Cag-anahaw
  11. Cag-anibong

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cafétéria (page history and authors); cafeteria (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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