# cafeteria
## English
### Alternative forms

* caféteria
* cafétéria (rare)
* cafeterie

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of cafetière.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌkafəˈtɪə̯.ɹi.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˌkæfəˈtɪ(ə)ɹi.ə/
* Rhymes: -ɪɹiə, -ɪəɹiə

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* lunchroom
* (dining area in an institution): canteen

#### Derived terms

* booketeria
* buffeteria
* cafeteria bowling
* cafeteria Catholic
* cafeteria Catholicism
* cafeteria Christian
* cafeteria Christianity
* cafeterial
* cafeteria plan
* cafeteria-style
* luncheteria

#### Related terms

* caf, caff
* café, cafe
* cafetorium
* drugeteria
* washeteria

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

From cafeter +‎ -ia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kə.fə.təˈɾi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ka.fe.teˈɾi.a]
* Rhymes: -ia

### Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeteries)
* coffeehouse, cafe

### Further reading

* “cafeteria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑfeteriɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝fe̞ˌt̪e̞riɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -eriɑ

### Noun

cafeteria
* Alternative form of kafeteria.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of cafeteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cafeteriani
cafeteriani
accusative
nom.
cafeteriani
cafeteriani
gen.
cafeteriani
genitive
cafeteriani
cafeterioideni cafeterioitteni cafeteriaini $^{rare}$
partitive
cafeteriaani
cafeterioitani
inessive
cafeteriassani
cafeterioissani
elative
cafeteriastani
cafeterioistani
illative
cafeteriaani
cafeterioihini
adessive
cafeteriallani
cafeterioillani
ablative
cafeterialtani
cafeterioiltani
allative
cafeterialleni
cafeterioilleni
essive
cafeterianani
cafeterioinani
translative
cafeteriakseni
cafeterioikseni
abessive
cafeteriattani
cafeterioittani
instructive
comitative
—cafeterioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cafeteriasi
cafeteriasi
accusative
nom.
cafeteriasi
cafeteriasi
gen.
cafeteriasi
genitive
cafeteriasi
cafeterioidesi cafeterioittesi cafeteriaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
cafeteriaasi
cafeterioitasi
inessive
cafeteriassasi
cafeterioissasi
elative
cafeteriastasi
cafeterioistasi
illative
cafeteriaasi
cafeterioihisi
adessive
cafeteriallasi
cafeterioillasi
ablative
cafeterialtasi
cafeterioiltasi
allative
cafeteriallesi
cafeterioillesi
essive
cafeterianasi
cafeterioinasi
translative
cafeteriaksesi
cafeterioiksesi
abessive
cafeteriattasi
cafeterioittasi
instructive
comitative
—cafeterioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cafeteriamme
cafeteriamme
accusative
nom.
cafeteriamme
cafeteriamme
gen.
cafeteriamme
genitive
cafeteriamme
cafeterioidemme cafeterioittemme cafeteriaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
cafeteriaamme
cafeterioitamme
inessive
cafeteriassamme
cafeterioissamme
elative
cafeteriastamme
cafeterioistamme
illative
cafeteriaamme
cafeterioihimme
adessive
cafeteriallamme
cafeterioillamme
ablative
cafeterialtamme
cafeterioiltamme
allative
cafeteriallemme
cafeterioillemme
essive
cafeterianamme
cafeterioinamme
translative
cafeteriaksemme
cafeterioiksemme
abessive
cafeteriattamme
cafeterioittamme
instructive
comitative
—cafeterioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cafeterianne
cafeterianne
accusative
nom.
cafeterianne
cafeterianne
gen.
cafeterianne
genitive
cafeterianne
cafeterioidenne cafeterioittenne cafeteriainne $^{rare}$
partitive
cafeteriaanne
cafeterioitanne
inessive
cafeteriassanne
cafeterioissanne
elative
cafeteriastanne
cafeterioistanne
illative
cafeteriaanne
cafeterioihinne
adessive
cafeteriallanne
cafeterioillanne
ablative
cafeterialtanne
cafeterioiltanne
allative
cafeteriallenne
cafeterioillenne
essive
cafeteriananne
cafeterioinanne
translative
cafeteriaksenne
cafeterioiksenne
abessive
cafeteriattanne
cafeterioittanne
instructive
comitative
—cafeterioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cafeteriansa
cafeteriansa
accusative
nom.
cafeteriansa
cafeteriansa
gen.
cafeteriansa
genitive
cafeteriansa
cafeterioidensa cafeterioittensa cafeteriainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
cafeteriaansa
cafeterioitaan cafeterioitansa
inessive
cafeteriassaan cafeteriassansa
cafeterioissaan cafeterioissansa
elative
cafeteriastaan cafeteriastansa
cafeterioistaan cafeterioistansa
illative
cafeteriaansa
cafeterioihinsa
adessive
cafeteriallaan cafeteriallansa
cafeterioillaan cafeterioillansa
ablative
cafeterialtaan cafeterialtansa
cafeterioiltaan cafeterioiltansa
allative
cafeterialleen cafeteriallensa
cafeterioilleen cafeterioillensa
essive
cafeterianaan cafeterianansa
cafeterioinaan cafeterioinansa
translative
cafeteriakseen cafeteriaksensa
cafeterioikseen cafeterioiksensa
abessive
cafeteriattaan cafeteriattansa
cafeterioittaan cafeterioittansa
instructive
comitative
—cafeterioineen cafeterioinensa :

### Further reading

* “cafeteria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cafetería.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.fe.teˈɾi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.fe.teˈɾi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.fe.teˈɾi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.fɨ.tɨˈɾi.ɐ/
* Hyphenation: ca‧fe‧te‧ri‧a

### Noun

cafeteria f (plural cafeterias)
* cafeteria (type of restaurant)

#### Related terms

* café
* cafeteira

## Swedish
### Noun

cafeteria c
* cafeteria

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | cafeteria | cafeterias |
| singular | definite | cafeterian | cafeterians |
| plural | indefinite | cafeterior | cafeteriors |
| plural | definite | cafeteriorna | cafeteriornas |

#### Alternative forms

* kafeteria