cacao

cacao

See also: Cacao

English

Cacao fruits on the tree

Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈkɑːəʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯əʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰɑːəʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯əʊ̯]

• Audio (Berkshire)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈkaʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯oʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰaʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯oʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

cacao (countable and uncountable, plural cacaos)

1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
2. This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

Derived terms

• Cacao yellow mosaic virus

Related terms

• cocoa
• crème de cacao

Translations

cacao tree

Aklanon: kakaw Albanian: kakao (sq) m Arabic: شَجَرَة اَلْكَاكَاو‎ f (šajara(t) al-kākāw) Armenian: կակաո (hy) (kakao) Balinese: ᬧᬸᬜᬦ᭄ᬘᭀᬓ᭄ᬮᬢ᭄ (punyan coklat) Bikol Central: kakaw (bcl) Bulgarian: какаово дърво (kakaovo dǎrvo) Catalan: cacau (ca) m, cacauer m Cebuano: kakaw Chinese: Mandarin: 可可樹／可可树 (zh) (kěkěshù) Min Nan: chi-ku-la̍t-châng Czech: kakaovník (cs) m Danish: kakao (da) Dutch: cacaoboom (nl) m Esperanto: kakaarbo, kakaoarbo Estonian: kakaopuu Finnish: kaakaopuu (fi) French: cacaoyer (fr) m Galician: cacao (gl) m Georgian: კაკაო (ḳaḳao) German: Kakaobaum (de) m Greek: κακαόδεντρο (el) n (kakaódentro), κακάο (el) n (kakáo) Gujarati: કોકો m (koko) Haitian Creole: kakaoye Hebrew: קָקָאוֹ‎ (he) m (kaká'o) Hungarian: kakaófa (hu) Icelandic: kakó (is) Indonesian: kakao (id) Irish: crann cócó m Isthmus Zapotec: biziaa Italian: cacao (it) m Japanese: カカオ (ja) (kakao) Kannada: ಕೋಕೋ (kōkō) Korean: 카카오 (kakao), 카카오나무 (kakaonamu) Latin: cacao m Latvian: kakao m Lingala: kaukau Lithuanian: kakavmedis Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: kakouboom Malay: koko (ms) Malayalam: കൊക്കോ (kokkō) Nahuatl: cacahuacuahuitl Neapolitan: cacavo m Norwegian: Bokmål: kakaotre n Nynorsk: kakaotre n Persian: کاکائو‎ (fa) (kâkâ'o) Polish: kakaowiec (pl) m Portuguese: cacaueiro m Quechua: kakawa k'aspi Romanian: arbore-de-cacao (ro) m Russian: кака́о (ru) n (kakáo) Serbo-Croatian: какаовац m, kakaovac (sh) m Slovak: kakaovník m Spanish: cacao (es) m, cacaotero m (Mexico) Swedish: kakao (sv), kakaoträd n Tagalog: kakaw Tongan: koko Turkish: kakao (tr) Ukrainian: какао (uk) (kakao) Upper Sorbian: kakawowc Urdu: کوکو‎ m (koko) Uzbek: kakao (uz) Vietnamese: cacao (vi), ca-cao Welsh: coeden gacao f Yiddish: קאַקאַאָ בוים‎ (kakao boym) Yucatec Maya: kakaw

cocoa bean

Arabic: كَاكَاو‎ m (kākāw) Bikol Central: kakaw (bcl) Bulgarian: кака́о n (kakáo) Catalan: cacau (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 可可豆 (zh) (kěkědòu) Classical Nahuatl: cacahuatl Czech: kakaový bob m Danish: kakaobønne c Dutch: cacaoboon (nl) Esperanto: kakao (eo) Finnish: kaakaopapu (fi) French: fève de cacao (fr) f Galician: cacao (gl) m German: Kakao (de) m Greek: κακάο (el) n (kakáo) Hungarian: kakaóbab (hu) Irish: síol cócó m Italian: cacao (it) m Japanese: カカオ (ja) (kakao) Kannada: ಕೋಕೋ (kōkō) Korean: 카카오 열매 (kakao yeolmae) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: کاکاو‎ (kakaw) Lithuanian: kakava f Polish: kakao (pl) n Portuguese: cacau (pt) m Romanian: cacao (ro) f Russian: кака́о (ru) n (kakáo) Slovak: kakao n Spanish: cacao (es) m Swedish: kakao (sv), kakaoböna c Vietnamese: cacao (vi), ca-cao Welsh: ffeuen gacao f

Further reading

• cacao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• cacau (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈkɑu̯/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧cao
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

Noun

cacao m (uncountable)

1. cocoa [from late 16th c.]

Derived terms

• cacaoboom
• cacaoboon
• cacaoboter
• cacaomelk
• cacao-overeenkomst
• cacaopoeder

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: kaukau
• Negerhollands: kwakwa
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kwa kwa, kwakwa (archaic)
• → Caribbean Hindustani: kakáu
• → Indonesian: kakao
• → Sranan Tongo: kakaw
  • → Arawak: kakao
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kao, kekao

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, ultimately from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ka.o/

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Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

1. cocoa

Derived terms

• beurre de cacao
• cacaoté
• cacaotier
• cacaotière
• cacaoyer
• cacaoyère

Further reading

• “cacao”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈka.o/
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: ca‧cà‧o

Noun

cacao m (invariable)

1. cocoa

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Romanian

Etymology

From French cacao; itself from Spanish cacao.

Noun

cacao f (uncountable)

1. cocoa

Declension

declension of cacao (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cacao	cacaua
genitive/dative	(unei) cacao	cacauei
vocative

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Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈkao/ [kaˈka.o]

• Audio (Spain)

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• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: ca‧ca‧o

Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

1. cacao tree

   Synonym: cacaotero

2. cocoa bean, cocoa powder
3. (colloquial) confusion

   Synonyms: desorden, confusión

   cacao mental ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• cacaotal
• cacaotero

Related terms

• cacahual
• cacahuate, cacahuete

Descendants

• → Albanian: kakao
• → Aromanian: cacauã
• → Bikol Central: kakaw
• → Catalan: cacau
• → Cebuano: kakaw
• → Czech: kakao
• → Danish: kakao
• → Dutch: cacao (see there for further descendants)
• → English: cacao, cocoa
• → Estonian: kakao
• → Finnish: kaakao
• → French: cacao
• → German: Kakao
• → Greek: κακάο (kakáo)
• → Icelandic: kakó
• → Indonesian: kakao
• → Latvian: kakao
• → Limburgish: keków
• → Lingala: kaukau
• → Lower Sorbian: kakaw, kakawa
• → Polish: kakao
• → Portuguese: cacau
• → Romagnol: cacào
• → Romanian: cacao
• → Slovak: kakao
• → Swedish: kakao
• → Tagalog: kakaw
• → Tongan: koko
• → Turkish: kakao
• → Uzbek: kakao
• → Vietnamese: cacao

Further reading

• “cacao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• cacao on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es