cybercafé
cybercafé noun: a café in which customers may access the Internet, play video games etc.
Noun
cybercafé (plural cybercafés)
- A café in which customers may access the Internet, play video games etc.
- The notion of a cybercafe—a place for Net surfers to socialize on a tide of gourmet coffee—is at odds with how most people want to use computers, even in their leisure time.1998 April 16, Michel Marriott, “The Sad Ballad Of the Cybercafe”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Most recently, the rattiest old cybercafes in Queens have been shut down, following too-frequent fights among hotheaded video-game patrons. And the once-glamorous @Cafe in Manhattan was already boarded up by 1998!2008 November 7, Virginia Heffernan, “The Cybercafe Lives”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- Internet cafe
Synonyms of cybercafé
Forms of cybercafé
| plural | cybercafés |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cybercafe |
Origin of cybercafé
From cyber- + café.
Questions about cybercafé
- What does cybercafé mean?
- Cybercafé means a café in which customers may access the Internet, play video games etc.
- What part of speech is cybercafé?
- Cybercafé is a noun.
- What is the plural of cybercafé?
- The plural of cybercafé is cybercafés.
Words near cybercafé in the dictionary
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