cat café en · NOUN
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Meanings
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A café that has domestic cats with which the clientele can interact.
Taiwan opened the world’s first cat cafe in 1998 and Japan followed suit in 2004. Since then, the number of animal cafes has proliferated in Japan, where many people live in apartment buildings that forbid pets.
2016 April 22, Richard Smart, “Japanese cat cafe closed down over neglect fears”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cat cafe | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cat cafés | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
fi kissakahvila (café with domestic cats) · sv kattcafé (café with domestic cats) · ja 猫カフェ (café with domestic cats) · sv kattkafé (café with domestic cats) · fr bar à chats (café with domestic cats) · de Katzencafé (café with domestic cats) · cmn 貓咖 /猫咖 (café with domestic cats) · fr café à chats (café with domestic cats) · ru коша́чье кафе́ (café with domestic cats) · ru котокафе́ (café with domestic cats)