cacao

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Via Spanish, from Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kəˈkɑːəʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯əʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰɑːəʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯əʊ̯]
• (US) IPA: /kəˈkaʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯oʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰaʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯oʊ̯]

Noun

cacao (plural cacaos)

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

Related terms

• cocoa

Translations

cacao tree

• Albanian: kakao (sq) m
• Arabic: شجرة الكاكاو (ar) (šájarat al-kakāu) f
• Armenian: կակաո (hy) (kakao)
• Bulgarian: какаово дърво (bg) (kakaovo dǎrvo)
• Catalan: cacau (ca)
• Cebuano: kakaw
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可可樹 (cmn), 可可树 (cmn) (kěkě shù)

  Min Nan: chi-ku-la̍t-châng

• Czech: kakaovník (cs) m
• Danish: kakao (da)
• Dutch: cacaoboom (nl) m
• Estonian: kakaopuu (et)
• Finnish: kaakaopuu (fi)
• French: cacaoyer (fr) m
• Georgian: კაკაო (ka) (kakao)
• German: Kakaobaum (de) m
• Gujarati: કોકો (gu) (kōkō) m
• Haitian Creole: kakaoye
• Hebrew: קקאו (he)
• Hungarian: kakaófa (hu)
• Icelandic: kakó (is)
• Indonesian: kakao (id)
• Isthmus Zapotec: biziaa
• Italian: cacao (it) m
• Japanese: カカオ (ja) (kakao)
• Korean: 카카오 열매 (ko) (kakao yeolmae)
• Latin: cacao (la) m

• Latvian: kakao (lv) m
• Lingala: kaukau (ln)
• Lithuanian: kakavmedis (lt)
• Low German: kakouboom
• Malay: koko (ms)
• Malayalam: കൊക്കോ (ml) (keākkēā)
• Nahuatl: cacahuacuahuitl (nah)
• Neapolitan: cacavo m
• Norwegian: kakaotre (no)
• Persian: کاکائو (fa) (kakaoye)
• Polish: kakaowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: cacaueiro (pt) m
• Quechua: kakawa k'aspi (qu)
• Romanian: arborele de cacao (ro)
• Russian: какао (ru) (kakáo) n (indeclinable)
• Serbo-Croatian: какаовац (sh) m (kakaovac
• Slovak: kakaovník (sk) m
• Spanish: cacao (es) m
• Swedish: kakao (sv)
• Tagalog: kakaw (tl)
• Tongan: koko (to)
• Turkish: kakao (tr)
• Ukrainian: какао (uk) (kakao)
• Upper Sorbian: kakawowc (hsb)
• Urdu: کوکو (ur) (koko) m
• Uzbek: kakao (uz)
• Vietnamese: cacao (vi)
• Yiddish: קאקאא בוים (yi) (kakao boym)
• Yucatec Maya: kakaw

cocoa bean

• Arabic: كاكاو (ar) (kakāu) m
• Bulgarian: какао (bg) (kakáo) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可可豆 (cmn) (kěkě dòu)

• Czech: kakaový bob (cs) m
• Dutch: cacaoboon (nl)
• Finnish: kaakaopapu (fi)
• French: fève de cacao (fr) f
• German: Kakao (de) m
• Hungarian: kakaóbab (hu)
• Italian: cacao (it) m

• Japanese: カカオ (ja) (kakao)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: kakava (lt) f
• Polish: kakao (pl) n
• Portuguese: cacau (pt) m
• Romanian: cacao (ro) f
• Russian: какао (ru) (kakáo) n (indeclinable)
• Slovak: kakao (sk) n
• Spanish: cacao (es) m
• Swedish: kakao (sv)
• Vietnamese: cacao (vi)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɑˈkɑʊ/

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Noun

cacao m (uncountable)

1. cocoa

Derived terms

• cacaoboter

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French

Etymology

From Spanish cacao

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ka.ka.o/, X-SAMPA: /ka.ka.O/

Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

1. cocoa

Derived terms

• cacaoté
• cacaotier
• cacaotière
• cacaoyer
• cacaoyère

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Italian

Noun

cacao m (invariable)

1. cocoa

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Spanish

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Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ka.ˈka.o/, X-SAMPA: /ka."ka.o/

Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

1. cacao tree
2. cacao bean
3. cocoa (bean, powder)

Synonyms

• (cacao tree): cacaotero m

Derived terms

• cacaotal m
• cacaotero m

Related terms

• cacahual
• cacahuate, cacahuete

Descendants

English: cacao, cocoa Dutch: cacao French: cacao

German: Kakao Greek: κακάο Portuguese: cacau

See also

• chocolate