café filtre

noun

ca·​fé filtre

¦kaˌfāˈfiltə(r),

F kȧfāfēltrᵊ

: coffee made by passing hot water through ground coffee and a filter

Word History

Etymology

French café-filtre, from café coffee + filtre filter

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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