carafe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a glass container used for serving water, wine, or another drink

   A carafe of water stood beside each place setting.

2. 2
   noun

   a glass pot used for serving brewed coffee

   He returned the coffee carafe to the warmer.

Simplified etymology

Carafe entered English in the late 18th century and ultimately derives from Arabic gharafa, “to draw water.”

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.

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