🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Starbucks

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Starbucks

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Starbucks/ˈstɑːr.bʌks/
nounCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #850 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ci incontriamo da Starbucks?"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An international chain of coffeehouses and coffee company originating from the United States.

    "Let's meet at the local Starbucks for a cup of coffee before the meeting."
  2. 2

    A cup of coffee or beverage purchased from this specific coffeehouse chain.

    "I grab a Starbucks every morning on my way to the office."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the American multinational coffeehouse chain founded in Seattle in 1971. The name originates from Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick, combined with a suffix common to corporate names, and has been adopted globally as a loanword transliterated as 'Starbakku' or 'Krubakku' in Japanese youth slang and phonetic adaptations.

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