pousse-café
UK/ˌpuːskaˈfeɪ//ˌpuskæˈfeɪ/
pousse-café noun: a digestif consumed after the coffee course.
Noun
pousse-café (plural pousse-cafés)
- A digestif consumed after the coffee course.
- 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.1898, George du Maurier, The Martian
- Synonyms:
- chasse-café
- A drink composed of several layers of different-coloured liqueurs.
- 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. . . .1998 August 17, Adam Gopnik, “Man Goes To See a Doctor”, in The New Yorker
Synonyms of pousse-café
Forms of pousse-café
| plural | pousse-cafés |
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Origin of pousse-café
From French pousse-café (literally “coffee-pusher”).
Words that rhyme with pousse-café
Questions about pousse-café
- What does pousse-café mean?
- Pousse-café means a digestif consumed after the coffee course.
- What part of speech is pousse-café?
- Pousse-café is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pousse-café?
- Pousse-café is pronounced /ˌpuːskaˈfeɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pousse-café?
- The plural of pousse-café is pousse-cafés.
Words near pousse-café in the dictionary
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