Definition of Cafe au lait

1. Noun. Equal parts of coffee and hot milk.

Generic synonyms: Coffee, Java

Definition of Cafe au lait

1. Noun. A mixture of coffee and hot milk. ¹

2. Noun. Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink ¹

3. Noun. a light coffee colour ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cafe Au Lait

caffila
caffilas
caffled
caffre
caffres
caffs
caffè americano
caffè latte
cafila
cafilas
caftan
caftaned
caftans
caftaric acid
café-chantant
café au lait
café noisette
cag
cage
cage bird
cage birds
cage compound
cage compounds
cage dances
cage diving
cage fighter
cage fighters
cage fighting

Literary usage of Cafe au lait

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"She had punctiform pigment spots, cafe-au-lait patches, and blue spots over the neck, trunk, arms and thighs. A sister, aged 5, had cafe-au-lait patches. ..."

2. The History of Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day: Containing (1825)
"... cafe au lait, et un petit pain, cela fait un, fichu diner." After repeating it several times, he was rebuked by the garde du corps, to whom he replied, ..."

3. Tom Tug and Others: Sketches in a Domestic Menagerie by Alice Murray Dew-Smith (1898)
"... I cannot explain the mysteries of poultry keeping ; but I assure you that that egg which you are now eating was laid by Cafe-au-lait this morning, ..."

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