Definition of "cappuccino" noun countable and uncountable , plural cappuccinos or (less common ) cappuccini
(uncountable) An Italian coffee -based beverage made from espresso to which milk that has been steamed and /or frothed is added ; (countable ) a cup of this beverage . quotations examples
Quotations “What will you have ? A cappuccino Two cappuccini
1962, Carlo Cassola, translated by Marguerite Waldman, Bébo’s Girl, London: Collins, page 50
The waiter kissed his fingertips . “We have the best ice cream ,” he announced . “Made on the premises . We have vanilla , cherry , rum , banana , strawberry —” / Jack stopped him . “You ’ve hooked me ,” he said . “Bring a dish of banana .” / “With hot chocolate sauce ?” / “The works .” / “Nuts ?” / “Everything !” / “And two cappuccini I think I ’ll live dangerously and have a plain coffee with Amaretto on the side ,” Jade said .
1986, Jackie Collins, chapter 41, in Hollywood Husbands, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, page 189
Cesare brought over three cappuccini
2016, Camilla Trinchieri, chapter 6, in Seeking Alice […], Albany, N.Y.: Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press, page 126
(countable, uncountable, proscribed) Any of various similar drinks . quotations examples
Quotations In fact , a step from the corner of Grant Avenue and Broadway is a café called “La Tosca .” Scenes from the opera are painted on the walls ; [Enrico ] Caruso sings from the juke box , and you drink a cappuccino gray , like the robe of a capuchin monk , and made of chocolate that is laced with brandy or rum , and heated by steam forced through coffee .The color of the monks ’ robes was misidentified as gray rather than dark brown .
1948, Robert O’Brien, “Old Town”, in This is San Francisco, New York, N.Y., Toronto, Ont.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, page 84