carafe

English

Etymology

First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”). Doublet of carboy.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹæf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æf

Noun

carafe (plural carafes)

1. A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
   • 1870, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Run to Earth, page 215:

     Amongst the scattered letters and papers, there stood a claret jug, a large carafe of water, and an empty glass.

2. A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
   • 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 177:

     Emma brings out the carafe of dark coffee.

Translations

bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages

Albanian: brokë (sq) f Arabic: غَرَّافَة f (ḡarrāfa) Armenian: ջրաման (hy) (ǰraman) Azerbaijani: qrafin Belarusian: графі́н m (hrafín) Bulgarian: гара́фа f (garáfa) Catalan: marraixa (ca) f, garrafa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 玻璃水瓶 (bōlí shuǐpíng) Czech: karafa (cs) f Danish: karaffel (da) c Dutch: karaf (nl) f Esperanto: karafo Estonian: karahvin Finnish: karahvi (fi), kannu (fi) French: carafe (fr) f, carafon (fr) m Galician: xerra f German: Karaffe (de) f, Wasserflasche (de) f Greek: καράφα (el) f (karáfa) Hungarian: kancsó (hu), üvegkancsó (hu), karaf Icelandic: karafla (is) Italian: caraffa (it) f Japanese: カラフ (karafu), 水差し (ja) (みずさし, mizusashi) Kazakh: графин (grafin) Kyrgyz: графин (ky) (grafin) Latvian: karafe (lv) Luxembourgish: Karaff f Norwegian: Bokmål: karaffel (no) m Nynorsk: karaffel m Ottoman Turkish: صراحی (sürâhi) Persian: تنگ (fa) (tong), قرابه (fa) (qarâbe), صراحی (fa) (sorâhi) Polish: karafka (pl) f Portuguese: jarro (pt) m Romanian: carafă (ro) f Russian: графи́н (ru) m (grafín) Slovak: karafa f Spanish: jarra (es) f, garrafa (es) f Swedish: (1) karaff (sv) c, (2) kanna (sv) c Turkish: sürahi (tr) Ukrainian: кара́фа f (karáfa), графи́н m (hrafýn) Uzbek: grafin (uz) Volapük: karaf Welsh: caráff m

glass pot with a spout for pouring, used for coffee

Hungarian: kávékiöntő

Anagrams

• Farace