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é

1
or ·ڱ

[ ka-fey, kuh- French ka-fey ]

noun

plural és
  1. a small, unpretentious restaurant, often with exterior seating on a patio or extending onto the sidewalk.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. I pick up a é and a croissant on my commute in to work every morning.



CAFE

2

[ ka-fey, kuh- ]

noun

  1. a U.S. federally mandated standard of average minimum miles-per-gallon fuel consumption for all the cars produced by an automobile manufacturer in a given year.

é

/ ˈkæfeɪ; ˈkæfɪ /

noun

  1. a small or inexpensive restaurant or coffee bar, serving light meals and refreshments
  2. a corner shop or grocer
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Word History and Origins

Origin of é1

First recorded in 1780–90; from French: literally, “coffee”; coffee

Origin of é2

C(orporate) A(verage) F(uel) E(conomy)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of é1

C19: from French: coffee
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But he also worked at a é owned by another defendant, Florus Héroui, 52, to whom investigators believe Madar passed on information about Kim Kardashian.

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Compton Verney in Warwickshire has six art collections, a sculpture park and é, set within a Grade I-listed 18th Century mansion.

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French media published a photo from the police stakeout, which shows several of the men having coffee and chatting at a Parisian é that winter, just before their arrest.

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One such example might be a single toilet in a small business such as a é.

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"If you look at a cafe, one waiter can serve several tables of four customers in the space of an hour and the cafe can reclaim the VAT on all the food and drink they serve," Kerry explained.

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