"cat café" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cat café.wav Forms: cat cafés [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cat café (plural cat cafés)
  1. A café that has domestic cats with which the clientele can interact. Categories (topical): Restaurants Categories (lifeform): Cats Synonyms: cat cafe (english: acute accent not mandatory) Translations (café with domestic cats): kissakahvila (Finnish), bar à chats [masculine] (French), café à chats [masculine] (French), Katzencafé [neuter] (German), 猫カフェ (nekokafe) (Japanese), коша́чье кафе́ (košáčʹje kafé) [neuter] (Russian), котокафе́ (kotokafé) [neuter] (Russian), kattkafé [neuter] (Swedish), kattcafé [neuter] (Swedish)

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