cocoa

cocoa

See also: Cocoa

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/
• (US) enPR: kōʹkō, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ
• Homophone: coco

Etymology 1

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.[1] Doublet of cacao.

Noun

cocoa (countable and uncountable, plural cocoas)

1. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
2. An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
3. (uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.

   Synonyms: chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate

   Do you like cocoa?

   • 1979, Stanley J. Sharpless, A Food Lover's Companion, Harper & Row, Evan Jones (edit.)

     Half past nine - high time for supper;

     Cocoa, love? Of course, my dear.

     Helen thinks it quite delicious,

     John prefers it now to beer....

     ¶For they've stumbled on the secret

     Of a love that never wanes,

     Rapt beneath the tumbled bedclothes,

     Cocoa coursing through their veins.

4. (countable) A serving of this drink.

   I like to watch TV with a cocoa.

5. (countable, color) A light to medium brown colour.

   cocoa:  

Derived terms

• cocoa bean
• cocoa butter
• cocoa-payol
• cocoa powder
• hot cocoa
• I should cocoa

 

Related terms

• cacao

Translations

partially fermented seeds of cacao tree

Arabic: Gulf Arabic: ككاو‎ m (kakkāw) Bulgarian: кака́о n (kakáo) Chinese: Cantonese: 可可豆 (ho2 ho2 dau6-2) Mandarin: 可可豆 (zh) (kěkědòu) Czech: kakaové boby m pl Finnish: raakakaakao German: Kakaobohne (de) f Greek: φασόλι κακάο n (fasóli kakáo) Ido: kakao (io) Italian: cacao (it), fave di cacao Japanese: カカオの実 (ja) (カカオのみ, kakao no mi) Kazakh: какао (kakao), шоколад ағашы (şokolad ağaşy) Khmer: កាកាវ (kakav) Korean: 카카오 (kakao), 코코아 (ko) (kokoa) Macedonian: кака́ови зрна n pl (kakáovi zrna) Maori: kōkō Nahuatl: cacahuatl (nah) Persian: کاکائو‎ (fa) (kâkâu) Plautdietsch: Kakau n Polish: kakao (pl) n Portuguese: semente de cacau f Romanian: cacao (ro) f Russian: кака́о (ru) n (kakáo) Spanish: cacao (es) m Swahili: kakao Swedish: kakaoböna c Vietnamese: cacao (vi), ca-cao

powder — see cocoa powder

hot drink

Arabic: كَاكَاو‎ m (kākāw) Bulgarian: кака́о n (kakáo) Catalan: xocolata (ca) f Ch'orti': kakauʼ Chinese: Mandarin: 熱可可／热可可 (rèkěkě) Czech: kakao (cs) n Danish: chokolade (da) c, kakao (da) c Dutch: cacao (nl) m Estonian: kakao Finnish: kaakao (fi) French: cacao (fr) m German: Kakao (de) m, heiße Schokolade f Greek: κακάο (el) n (kakáo), σοκολάτα (el) f (sokoláta) Hebrew: קקאו‎ (he) m (qaqao) Hungarian: kakaó (hu) Ido: kakao (io) Irish: cócó m Japanese: ココア (ja) (kokoa), ホットチョコレート (ja) (hotto chokorēto) Korean: 코코아 (ko) (kokoa), 핫초코 (hatchoko) Macedonian: кака́о n (kakáo) Maori: kōkō Nahuatl: cacahuatl (nah) Navajo: gohwééh hashtłʼishí Polish: kakao (pl) n Portuguese: chocolate quente (pt) m Romanian: cacao (ro) f Russian: кака́о (ru) n (kakáo) Scottish Gaelic: còco m Slovak: kakao n Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: kakaw m, kakawa f Spanish: chocolate (es) m Swedish: choklad (sv) c Yiddish: קאַקאַאָ‎ m (kakao)

cup/mug of this drink

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 一杯熱可可／一杯热可可 (yī bēi rèkěkě) Czech: kakao (cs) n Finnish: kaakao (fi) French: cacao (fr) m German: Kakao (de) m, heiße Schokolade f Greek: κακάο (el) n (kakáo) Hungarian: kakaó (hu) Japanese: ココア (ja) (kokoa), ホットチョコレート (ja) (hotto chokorēto) Maori: kōkō Romanian: cacao (ro) f Slovak: kakao n Spanish: chocolate (es) m Swedish: choklad (sv) c

colour

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 可可色 (kěkěsè) Estonian: kakaopruun Finnish: kaakao (fi) French: cacao (fr) m Greek: καστανοκίτρινος m (kastanokítrinos) Hungarian: kakaóbarna Ido: kakaeo, kakakoloro Japanese: ココア色 (ココアいろ, kokoa iro) Korean: 갈색 (ko) (galsaek) Portuguese: chocolate (pt) m Romanian: cacao (ro) Russian: кака́о (ru) n (kakáo) Spanish: chocolate (es) m Swedish: kakaobrunt

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Adjective

cocoa (not comparable)

1. Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

Translations

of a light to medium brown colour

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 可可色 (kěkěsè) Finnish: kaakaonvärinen French: cacao (fr) Ido: kakaea Japanese: ココア色の (ココアいろの, kokoa iro no) Polish: kakaowy (pl) m Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: kakaobrun

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Etymology 2

By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.

Noun

cocoa

1. (now nonstandard) Alternative spelling of coco.

References

1. Samuel Johnson (15 April 1755), “COCOA”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […] In Two Volumes, volume I (A–K), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], OCLC 1637325, column 1: “[cacaotal, Span. and therefore more properly written cacao.]”.

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• cocohua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koko(w)a/

Verb

cocoa

1. (transitive) To hurt.
2. (reflexive) To be ill.

Related terms

• cocoya

References

• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 87, 119, 231, 242

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈkoa/ [koˈko.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: co‧co‧a

Noun

cocoa f (plural cocoas)

1. cocoa

Further reading

• “cocoa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014