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CAPPUCCINO [4 records]

Record 1 2025-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
DEF

A coffee drink made of equal parts espresso, steamed milk, and frothed milk, of probable Italian origin ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

[...] boisson chaude originaire d'Italie[, composée] principalement de café espresso, de lait chauffé à la vapeur et de mousse de lait.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bebidas
OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la voz italiana "cappuccino" se ha adaptado al español como "capuchino" [...]

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

cappuccino machine: an item in the "Food Processing and Preparation Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

machine à cappuccino : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de transformation et de préparation des aliments» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restaurant Equipment
  • Small Household Appliances
  • Beverages
DEF

A visible, external pipe found on most espresso machines that is used to froth and steam milk, to provide hot water (on some machines), and heat espresso cups.

CONT

The steam wand ejects steam in order to froth the milk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Restaurants)
  • Petits appareils ménagers
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
OBS

Il permet de faire mousser le lait et de réchauffer des liquides et, dans la plupart des cas, il fournit de l'eau chaude.

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Household Appliances
CONT

Espresso/Cappuccino Coffee Makers. ... Appliances for making espresso ... are increasingly available ... Some of these machines make only coffee, while others can make cappuccino - a frothy espresso diluted and decorated with peaks of stiffly foamed milk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petits appareils ménagers
CONT

Les cafetières à expresso et à cappucino. [...] Les cafetières à café expresso [...] se retrouvent de plus en plus couramment sur le marché [...] Certaines de ces machines ne font que de l'expresso, tandis que d'autres peuvent aussi vous donner du cappucino, un expresso dilué dans du lait mousseux.

Spanish

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