café au lait n 🔊

1. (uncountable) Coffee mixed with hot milk as a drink; white coffee; (countable) a serving of this.
2. (uncountable) Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink; (countable) a serving of this.
3. (uncountable) A light brown colour like that of coffee with milk.: café au lait:

☞ Today is the eve of International Coffee Day which was established in 2015 by the International Coffee Organization and recognized by the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate coffee as a beverage and to highlight the concerns of coffee growers.

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A café au lait (noun sense 1) in a glass cup.

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