chai

noun

: a beverage that is a blend of black tea, honey, spices, and milk

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Latter options include loose leaf teas, chai and ocean chai lattes, London fog, matcha, turmeric latte and chaga cocoa. Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Pair breakfast with a proper cup of steaming masala chai or any number of inventive lattes, including a winning salty-sweet toasted peanut version with roasted peanut praline, jaggery, and cold cream. Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 So chai, my two McVitie’s digestive biscuits — that is the classic beginning. Megh Wright, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2025 Over the years she's spent as an academic, biotech scientist, mom and aspiring writer, Menlo Park resident Roshni Madhvani has long been a fan of chai tea and bookstores. Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chai

Word History

Etymology

Turkish çay & Russian, Persian, Hindi, & Urdu chay tea

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chai was in 1974

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“Chai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chai. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

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chai

noun
: a beverage that is a blend of black tea, honey, spices, and milk

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