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How to Say ‘A longer coffee’ in French

Un café plus long

uhn kah-fay ploo lohn

[uhn kah-fay ploo lohn]

💬 Usage Tip: For coffee, long means more water and a bigger, milder cup, not more time. A café serré "short, tight coffee" is the opposite.

Phrase Breakdown

Un café

uhn kah-fay

A coffee

Nasal 'un', then a clear 'ka-fay'.

Example

Un café noir.

A black coffee.

Words in this phrase

Un

[uhn]

a / an

An indefinite article used before a masculine singular noun.

Example

Un casque est important pour le roller.

A helmet is important for inline skating.

café

[kah-fay]

coffee

A coffee; in networking, it often suggests an informal conversation over coffee.

Example

Un café après le salon permet de continuer l'échange.

A coffee after the fair allows the conversation to continue.

plus long

ploo lohn

longer

This means more water and a bigger cup. The s in 'plus' is silent here, and 'long' is nasal.

Example

Un week-end plus long.

A longer weekend.

Words in this phrase

plus

[ploo]

more

Means more; in plus de it means more than.

Example

Dans « Si vous avez plus de quinze minutes de retard. », « plus » marque une quantité supérieure.

In "If you are more than fifteen minutes late.", "plus" marks a greater amount.

long

[lohn]

long

For coffee, means made with more water, so larger and milder.

Example

Ce café est trop long.

This coffee is too watery/long.

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