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kopi tiam

kopi tiam is the alternative form of kopitiam.

Meaning of kopitiam

Noun

kopitiam (plural kopitiams)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A traditional style of eatery having public seating and multiple vendors selling Chinese, Indian, and Malay food.
    • Bustling kopitiams sprouted around derelict whiskey bars like toadstools around rotting logs.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 23

Forms of kopi tiam

pluralkopi tiams

Questions about kopi tiam

What is kopi tiam the alternative form of?
Kopi tiam is the alternative form of kopitiam.

Words near kopi tiam in the dictionary

  1. kopi aunties
  2. kopi aunty
  3. kopi kia
  4. kopi luwak
  5. kopi money
  6. kopi tiam
  7. kopi tiams
  8. kopiah
  9. kopiahs
  10. kopides
  11. kopieva

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kopi tiam (page history and authors); kopitiam (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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