mocha
See also: mǒchá and Mocha
English
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A caffè mocha (1).
Etymology
From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.
The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊkə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊkə
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmɒkə/
- Rhymes: -ɒkə
Noun
mocha (countable and uncountable, plural mochas)
- (countable) A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.
- Synonyms: caffè mocha, mochaccino
- A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour.
- mocha fudge
- (color) A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
- mocha:
- A strong Arabian coffee.
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, many European species having dark brown coloration.
- (historical) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
Related terms
- mochaccino
Translations
coffee with chocolate
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coffee/chocolate flavour
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colour
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strong Arabian coffee
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Adjective
mocha (not comparable)
- Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
Translations
of a brown colour
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See also
- Appendix:Colors
Further reading
mocha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
caffè mocha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mocha coffee bean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- MACHO, macho
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmˠɔxə]
Adjective
mocha
- nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of moch (“early”)
Noun
mocha f (genitive singular mocha)
- Alternative form of moiche (“earliness”)
Declension
Declension of mocha
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mocha | mhocha | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mocha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.xa/
- Rhymes: -ɔxa
- Syllabification: mo‧cha
Noun
mocha m pers
- genitive/accusative singular of moch
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmot͡ʃa/ [ˈmo.t͡ʃa]
- Rhymes: -otʃa
- Syllabification: mo‧cha
Adjective
mocha f sg
- feminine singular of mocho
Verb
mocha
- inflection of mochar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative