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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdéca
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /de.ka/
"Je voudrais un déca, s'il vous plaît."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Coffee or tea that has had the majority of its caffeine removed.
"I would like to order a large decaf with oat milk, please."
- 1
Containing little or no caffeine.
"Since it is already late in the evening, I think I will switch to decaf tea."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in English during the mid-20th century as a clipping of the word decaffeinated, combining the prefix de- (denoting removal or reversal) with caffeinated. It emerged naturally in colloquial commerce and everyday speech to designate coffee or tea from which the caffeine has been extracted.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Decaf" is said worldwide
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déca
Transliteration: /de.ka/
"Je voudrais un déca, s'il vous plaît."
koffeinfrei
Transliteration: /kɔf.aɪ̯nˈfʁaɪ̯/
"Trinken Sie lieber normalen oder koffeinfreien Kaffee?"
decaffeinato
Transliteration: /de.kaf.fejˈnaː.to/
"Prendo un caffè decaffeinato dopo cena."
descafeinado
Transliteration: /des.ka.fejˈna.ðo/
"Me gustaría pedir un café descafeinado con leche."
descafeinado
Transliteration: /des.ka.fejˈna.du/
"Você tem café descafeinado?"
बिना कैफीन की कॉफ़ी
Transliteration: binā kaiphiīn kī kŏphī
"क्या आपके पास बिना कैफीन की कॉफ़ी मिलेगी?"
低因咖啡
Transliteration: dī yīn kā fēi
"我下午一般只喝低因咖啡。"
디카페인
Transliteration: di-ka-pe-in
"저녁이라서 디카페인 커피로 주문했어요."
カフェインレス
Transliteration: kafeinresu
"夜なのでカフェインレスのコーヒーにしました。"
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