coffee break

English

Noun

coffee break (plural coffee breaks)

1. A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.

Usage notes

In regions of the United States there may be legislation mandating a coffee break (specified as a break of at least certain length after a certain length of time working).

Synonyms

• coffee pause (non-native speakers' English)
• fika

Related terms

• tea break
• water break

Translations

a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: kaffepause (da) c
• Dutch: koffiepauze (nl) m or f
• Estonian: kohvipaus (et)
• Finnish: kahvitauko (fi), kahvipaussi
• French: pause-café (fr) f
• German: Kaffeepause (de) f
• Hungarian: kávészünet (hu) f
• Irish: sos caife m, briseadh caife m
• Japanese: コーヒーブレイク (kōhī bureiku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaffepause (no) m

  Nynorsk: kaffipause m

• Polish: przerwa na kawę f
• Russian: (neologism) ко́фе-бре́йк (ru) m (kófe-brɛ́jk)
• Swedish: kafferast (sv) c, kaffepaus (sv) c
• Turkish: kahve molası

See also

• elevenses