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cybercafé en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English café English cybercafé From cyber- + café.

Meanings

1. (dated) A café in which customers may access the Internet, play video games etc.
   • The notion of a cybercafe—a place for Net surfers to socialize on a tide of gourmet coffee—is at odds with how most people want to use computers, even in their leisure time. 1998 April 16, Michel Marriott, “The Sad Ballad Of the Cybercafe”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • Most recently, the rattiest old cybercafes in Queens have been shut down, following too-frequent fights among hotheaded video-game patrons. And the once-glamorous @Cafe in Manhattan was already boarded up by 1998! 2008 November 7, Virginia Heffernan, “The Cybercafe Lives”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Synonyms

Internet cafe

Translations (7)

es cibercafetín (café to access the Internet) · mk и́нтернет-ка́фе (café to access the Internet) · ka ინტერნეტ-კაფე (café to access the Internet) · es cibercafé (café to access the Internet) · es cibercafetucho (café to access the Internet) · eo retumejo (café to access the Internet) · pl kawiarenka internetowa (café to access the Internet)