Internet cafe

See also: Internet café

English

Internet cafe in Sydney, 2005

Alternative forms

• Internet café, internet cafe, internet café

Pronunciation

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Noun

Internet cafe (plural Internet cafes)

1. A place where one can use a computer with Internet access for a fee.

   Synonyms: cybercafé, computer shop, q2

   • 2007 December 17, “Police in Iran Shut 24 Internet Cafes”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Iranian police have closed down 24 Internet cafes and other coffee shops in as many hours, detaining 23 people, as part of a broad crackdown on immoral behavior, official news media said Sunday.

Translations

place where one can use a computer with Internet

• Arabic: مَقْهَى إِنْتَرْنِت f (maqhā ʔintarnit)
• Armenian: ինտերնետ-սրճարան (internet-srčaran)
• Belarusian: інтэрнэ́т-кафэ́ n (internét-kafé)
• Bulgarian: интерне́т кафене́ n (internét kafené)
• Catalan: cibercafè m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 網吧／网吧 (mong⁵ baa¹)

  Mandarin: 網吧／网吧 (zh) (wǎngbā), 互聯網咖啡館／互联网咖啡馆 (hùliánwǎng kāfēiguǎn), 因特網咖啡廳／因特网咖啡厅 (yīntèwǎng kāfēitīng), 網咖／网咖 (zh) (wǎngkā) (Taiwan), 網絡咖啡屋／网络咖啡屋 (wǎngluò kāfēiwū), 上網咖啡館／上网咖啡馆 (shàngwǎng kāfēiguǎn)

• Czech: internetová kavárna f
• Dutch: internetcafé (nl)
• Esperanto: interreta kafejo, retumejo
• Finnish: nettikahvila
• French: cybercafé (fr) m
• Georgian: ინტერნეტ-კაფე (inṭerneṭ-ḳape)
• German: Internetcafé (de) n
• Greek: ίντερνετ καφέ (el) n (ínternet kafé)
• Hindi: इन्टरनेट-कैफ़े (inṭarneṭ-kaife)
• Hungarian: internetkávézó
• Indonesian: warnet (id)
• Irish: caifé Idirlín m
• Japanese: インターネットカフェ (ja) (intānetto kafe), ネットカフェ (ja) (netto kafe), ネカフェ (ja) (nekafe)
• Korean: PC방 (ko) (PCbang), 피시방 (ko) (pisibang), 인터넷 카페 (ko) (inteonet kape)
• Macedonian: интернет-кафе n (internet-kafe)
• Malay: kafe siber (ms)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kawiarenka (internetowa) f
• Portuguese: cybercafé m
• Russian: интерне́т-кафе́ (ru) n (intɛrnɛ́t-kafɛ́), киберкафе́ (ru) n (kiberkafɛ́)
• Slovak: internetová kaviareň f
• Slovene: internetna kavarna f, spletna kavarna f
• Spanish: cibercafé (es) m, café Internet m
• Swedish: internetkafé n, internetcafé n
• Tagalog: panunuran, kompyuteran
• Thai: อินเทอร์เน็ตกาแฟ (in-təə-nèt gaa-fɛɛ)
• Turkish: internet kafe
• Ukrainian: інтерне́т-кафе́ n (internét-kafé)
• Vietnamese: quán nét, quán net

Further reading

• Internet café on Wikipedia.Wikipedia