cappuccini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæpʊˈtʃiːni/
ipa: /-pə-/
ipa: /ˌkæpəˈt͡ʃini/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cappuccini, from cappuccino + -i.
Senses: examples: text: “What will you have? A cappuccino? Two cappuccini,” […]
ref: 1962, Carlo Cassola, translated by Marguerite Waldman, Bébo’s Girl, London: Collins, →OCLC, page 50:
text: The waitress is a young slattern who tugs a snarl out of her hair with her fingers as she repeats Guttmann’s order for two cappuccini.
ref: 1976, Trevanian, Trevanian: The Main, published 1984, →ISBN, page 463:
text: We had three cappuccini in the café halfway along the street, and said a quick buongiorno to Athos who seemed to get smaller as his glue statue grew, then we walked along the edge of the Naviglio Grande to the main road, where, illegally parked, was a beautiful new Mercedes.
ref: 1983, The Slow Train to Milan, page 114:
text: The waiter kissed his fingertips. “We have the best ice cream,” he announced. “Made on the premises. We have vanilla, cherry, rum, banana, strawberry—” / Jack stopped him. “You’ve hooked me,” he said. “Bring a dish of banana.” / “With hot chocolate sauce?” / “The works.” / “Nuts?” / “Everything!” / “And two cappuccini?” / “I think I’ll live dangerously and have a plain coffee with Amaretto on the side,” Jade said.
ref: 1986, Jackie Collins, chapter 41, in Hollywood Husbands, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 189:
text: MIRIAM. Waitress? A cappuccino for each of us, please. / BO. I mean, what happens next? / MIRIAM. The lady brings us two cappuccini.
ref: 1988, Timothy Mason, Only You, Dramatists Play Service, published 1995, →ISBN, page 27:
text: “So ... two Florentine apple cakes, two cappuccini?”
ref: 1988, Robin Stevenson, Tom Bade, Switchback, →ISBN, page 53:
text: They are all sipping their cappuccini when a tall man, whose billowing cloak and singular cap identify him at once, comes up and examines their badges with a large magnifying-glass.
ref: 1992 [1989], Gregory Dowling, transl., The D. Case: The Truth about the Mystery of Edwin Drood, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 10:
text: We liked to sit outside and listen to him preparing a cappuccino, hurling the saucer on to the zinc bar, tossing the spoon to the saucer, chucking milk into the coffee, hurling the cup on to the saucer, and then throwing a hasty ‘prego’ through the clatter and noise of his colleagues. He did this even when the Calisto was empty: it was a way of generating business, like the bell of an icecream van: a call to customers: ‘The cappuccini are good here, we are always busy.’
ref: 1997, Geoff Dyer, Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D. H. Lawrence, Canongate Books, published 2012, →ISBN:
text: […] the tiny piazza next to Donna’s apartment building and sat at an outside cafe in the weak winter sunlight and ordered two cappuccini.
ref: 1997, Luna Tarlo, The Mother of God, →ISBN, page 170:
text: 222 Faema’s completely automated X5 GRANDITALIA range of espresso machines substantially reduces the work and time required to prepare perfect espresso and cappuccini.
ref: 1999, Hotels: The Magazine of the Worldwide Hotel Industry, volume 33, page 191:
text: We went to the bar and ordered two cappuccini and two pastries.
ref: 1999, Suzanne Robertson, James Robertson, Mastering the Requirements Process, →ISBN, page 129:
text: He was carrying two cappuccini and a plate of cakes to Roitblit and Wais behind Gotteswill.
ref: 1999, Serge Liberman, Voices from the Corner, →ISBN, page 69:
text: WORKER: A regular cappuccino? You know, you can order right on the other side. / ALBURGER: Oh, we do. What do you do? / WORKER: I fix the drinks. / ALBURGER: O.K. / WORKER: What size? / ADAMS: Ah, a middle-sized, please. / WORKER: Two shots? / ADAMS: Yeah, on the dry side. / ALBURGER: Make that two. / ADAMS: Two cappuccini.
ref: 2000, 21st Century Music, volume 7, page 2:
text: ‘Excuse me!’ she called to the waitress. ‘Could we have two cappuccini please?’
ref: 2002, John O'Farrell, This Is Your Life: A Novel, Grove Atlantic, published 2007, →ISBN:
text: As he finally puts the two cappuccini on the bar, I tell him, ‘At that point, you might as well bring a jug from home.’
ref: 2013, Tim Parks, Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo, →ISBN:
text: “Luanne, please go get three cappuccini,” Ariel said.
ref: 2015, Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies, →ISBN, page 307:
text: Cesare brought over three cappuccini.
ref: 2016, Camilla Trinchieri, chapter 6, in Seeking Alice […], Albany, N.Y.: Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 126:
text: The next morning before class at 7:30 a.m., still eager for a taste of that famous Italian cappuccino, the students bravely headed to the same bar and confidently ordered two cappuccini from the very same cashier.
ref: 2017, Susan Lee Pasquarelli, Robert A. Cole, Michael J. Tyson, editors, Passport to Change […], Stylus Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: plural of cappuccino