A coffee-table book is a large expensive book with a lot of pictures, which is designed to be looked at rather than to be read properly, and is usually placed where people can see it easily
coffee table
Silbentrennung
cof·fee ta·ble
Türkische aussprache
kôfi teybıl
Aussprache
/ˈkôfē ˈtābəl/ /ˈkɔːfiː ˈteɪbəl/
Etymologie
[ 'ko-fE, 'kä- ] (noun.) 1598. Italian and Turkish; Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Arabic qahwa.