chocolate

See also chocolaté

English

WOTD – 23 December 2006    

Wikipedia

chocolate (confectionery)

Etymology

Often said to come from Nahuatl xocolātl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ (“bitter”), and ātl (“water”), (with an irregular change of x to ch). However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century. Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate, and suggest the correct etymology to be chicolātl, a word found in several modern Nahuatl dialects.

In any case, the word chocolate reached English via Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /ˈtʃɔklət/, /ˈtʃɔkələt/; X-SAMPA: /"tSOkl@t/, /"tSOk@l@t/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈtʃɒklət/, /ˈtʃɒkələt/; X-SAMPA: /"tSQkl@t/, /"tSQk@l@t/

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• (US) IPA: /ˈtʃɑklət/, /ˈtʃɔklət/, X-SAMPA: /"tSAkl@t/, /"tSOkl@t/

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Noun

chocolate (countable and uncountable; plural chocolates)

1. (uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans

   Chocolate is a very popular treat.

2. (countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate

   He bought her some chocolates as a gift.

3. (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate

   As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate.

   chocolate colour:

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or adjective chocolate

choc choccy chocoholic chocolate-box chocolate chip chocolate leather chocolate phosphate chocolate plastic

chocolate tree chocolatey, chocolaty dark chocolate hot chocolate milk chocolate modeling chocolate, modelling chocolate plain chocolate white chocolate

Related terms

Terms related to the noun or adjective chocolate

chocolatier

Translations

food made from ground roasted cocoa beans

• Afrikaans: sjokolade (af)
• Albanian: çokollatë (sq) f
• Arabic: شوكولاتة (ar) (šukulāta) f

  Egyptian Arabic: شوكولاتة (šokolata) f

• Aragonese: chicolate (an) m
• Armenian: շոկոլադ (hy) (šokolad)
• Asturian: chicolate (ast) m
• Azeri: şokolad (az)
• Basque: txokolate (eu)
• Belarusian: шакалад (be) (šakalád) m
• Bengali: চকলেট (bn) (côkôleţ)
• Breton: chokolad (br) m
• Bulgarian: шоколад (bg) (šokolád) m
• Burmese: ချောကလက (my) (cho: ka̱le')
• Catalan: xocolata (ca) f
• Cebuano: sikwate
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: (from Mandarin) 巧克力 (haau2 hak1 lik6), 朱古力 (zyu1 gu2 lik6)

  Mandarin: 巧克力 (cmn) (qiǎokèlì), 朱古力 (cmn) (zhūgǔlì) (old-fashioned)

  Min Nan: chi-ku-la̍t

• Coptic: ϭⲟⲕⲟⲗⲁⲧⲁ (tshokolata) f, ϣⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲗⲁⲧⲁ (shukulata) f
• Czech: čokoláda (cs) f
• Dalmatian: cicoluota f
• Danish: chokolade (da) c
• Dutch: chocolade (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĉokolado (eo)
• Estonian: šokolaad (et)
• Finnish: suklaa (fi)
• French: chocolat (fr) m
• Galician: chocolate (gl) m
• Georgian: შოკოლადი (ka) (šokoladi)
• German: Schokolade (de) f
• Greek: σοκολάτα (el) (sokoláta) f
• Guaraní: chokora (gn)
• Gujarati: ચોકલિટ્ (gu) (cōkaliṭ)
• Haitian Creole: chokola
• Hebrew: שׁוֹקוֹלָד (he) (shokolad) m
• Hindi: चॉकलेट (hi) (coklēṭ), चाकलेट (hi) (cāklēṭ)
• Hungarian: csokoládé (hu)
• Icelandic: súkkulaði (is)
• Ido: chokolado (io)
• Indonesian: coklat (id)
• Irish: seacláid (ga)
• Italian: cioccolato (it) m, cioccolata (it) f
• Japanese: チョコレート (ja) (chokorēto), チョコ (ja) (choko)
• Javanese: coklat (jv)
• Jèrriais: chocolat m
• Kazakh: шоколад (kk) (şokolad)
• Khmer: ស៊ុកូឡា (km) (syogula)
• Korean: 초콜렛 (ko) (chokollet), 초콜릿 (ko) (chokollit)
• Kyrgyz: шоколад (ky) (şokolad)
• Lao: ໂຊໂກລາ (lo) (sookoolaa)

• Latin: cacaotica (la) f
• Latvian: šokolāde (lv) f
• Lithuanian: šokoladas (lt) m
• Lojban: cakla (jbo)
• Luxembourgish: Schockela (lb) m
• Macedonian: чоколада (mk) (čokoláda) f
• Malagasy: sokola (mg)
• Malay: coklat (ms)
• Maltese: ċikkulata (mt) f
• Manx: shocklaid (gv)
• Maori: tiakarete (mi)
• Marathi: चॉकलेट (mr) (cokalēṭ)
• Mongolian: шоколад (mn) (šokolad)
• Nahuatl: chocolātl (nah)
• Norwegian: sjokolade (no) m
• Occitan: chocolat (oc) m
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Papiamentu: chukulati
• Persian: شوکولات (fa) (šukulât)
• Pipil: chukulat, chuculat
• Polish: czekolada (pl) f
• Portuguese: chocolate (pt) m
• Romanian: ciocolată (ro) f
• Russian: шоколад (ru) (šokolád) m
• Samoan: sukalati (sm)
• Scottish Gaelic: teòclaid (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чоколада (sh) f

  Roman: čokolada (sh) f

• Slovak: čokoláda (sk) f
• Slovene: čokolada (sl) f
• Sotho: tshokolete (st)
• Spanish: chocolate (es) m
• Swahili: chokoleti (sw)
• Swedish: choklad (sv) c
• Tagalog: tsokolate (tl)
• Tajik: шакалод (tg) (šakalod)
• Tamil: சாக்கலேட் (ta) (cākkalēṭ)
• Taos: cikulòti’ína
• Telugu: వక తరహా పానకము (te) (vaka tarahā pānakamu)
• Tetum: xoklate
• Thai: ช็อกโกแล็ต (th) (chók-goh-láet)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: çikolata (tr)
• Turkmen: şokolad (tk)
• Ukrainian: шоколад (uk) (šokolád) m
• Urdu: چاکلیٹ (ur) (cāklēṭ)
• Uzbek: shokolad (uz)
• Vietnamese: sô-cô-la (vi), sôcôla (vi), socola (vi)
• Welsh: siocled (cy) m
• Yiddish: שאָקאָלאַד (yi) (shokolad) m
• Yucatec Maya: chukwa
• Zulu: shokoledi (zu)

small piece of confectionery made from chocolate

• Armenian: շոկոլադ (hy) (šokolad)
• Basque: bonboi (eu)
• Bulgarian: шоколадов бонбон (bg) (šokoladov bonbon)
• Catalan: bombó (ca) m, xocolatina (ca) f
• Cebuano: tsokolate
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巧克力 (cmn) (qiǎokèlì)

• Danish: chokolade (da) c
• Dutch: chocoladebonbon (nl) m, chocolaatje (nl) n, praline (nl) f
• Esperanto: ĉokolado (eo)
• Finnish: konvehti (fi), suklaakonvehti (fi)
• French: chocolat (fr) m, praline (fr) f
• German: Praline (de) f
• Greek: σοκολατάκι (el) (sokolatáki) n
• Italian: cioccolatino (it) m, pralina (it) f
• Japanese: チョコレート (ja) (chokorēto), チョコ (ja) (choko)
• Jèrriais: chocolat m

• Latin: socolata (la) f
• Luxembourgish: Schockela (lb) m
• Maltese: ċikkulatina (mt) f
• Norwegian: konfekt (no) m
• Polish: czekoladka (pl) f, pralinka (pl) f
• Portuguese: chocolate (pt) m
• Romanian: pralină (ro) f
• Russian: шоколадка (ru) (šokoládka) f, шоколадная конфета (ru) (šokoládnaja konféta) f, шоколадка (ru) (šokoládka) f (piece of chocolate)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чоколада (sh) f

  Roman: čokolada (sh) f

• Spanish: bombón (es) m
• Swedish: chokladbit (sv) c, pralin (sv) c
• Tagalog: tsokolate (tl)
• Vietnamese: kẹo sô-cô-la, kẹo sôcôla, kẹo socola
• Welsh: siocledyn (cy) m

colour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巧克力色, 巧克力色 (qiǎokèlì sè)

• Dutch: chocoladekleur (nl) n
• Esperanto: ĉokoladkoloro (eo)
• Finnish: suklaanruskea (fi)
• French: chocolat (fr) m
• German: chocolat (de), schokoladenfarben (de)
• Greek: σοκολατί (el) (sokolatí) n
• Hungarian: csokoládébarna (hu)
• Japanese: チョコレート色 (ja) (chokorētoiro), チョコ色 (ja) (chokoiro)

• Marathi: चॉकलेटी (mr) (cokalēṭī)
• Norwegian: sjokoladebrun (no) m
• Polish: czekolada (pl) f
• Portuguese: chocolate (pt) m
• Romanian: ciocolatiu (ro) n
• Russian: шоколадный (ru) (šokoládnyj)
• Swahili: rangi ya chokoleti (sw)
• Swedish: chokladbrun (sv) c
• Vietnamese: màu sô-cô-la, màu sôcôla, màu socola
• Volapük: jokolad (vo)

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• Breton: chokoladenn f, chokoladennoù pl
• Galician: chocolate m
• Interlingua: chocolate

• Marathi: चॉकलेट (cokalet)
• Tamil: மொரப்பா (morappaa)
• Volapük: jokolad
• Tajik: шакалод

Adjective

chocolate (comparative more chocolate, superlative most chocolate)

1. Made of or containing chocolate.
2. Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.

Translations

made of or containing chocolate

• Bulgarian: шоколадов (bg) (šokoladov)
• Catalan: de xocolata
• Chinese: 巧克力口味, 巧克力口味 (qiǎokèlì kǒuwèi)
• Czech: čokoládový (cs) m
• Dutch: chocolade- (combining form)
• Esperanto: ĉokolada (eo)
• French: de chocolat, au chocolat, chocolaté
• Galician: chocolate (gl)
• Greek: σοκολατένιοσ (el) (sokolaténios)
• Interlingua: chocolate (ia)
• Italian: di cioccolato
• Japanese: チョコレート (ja) (chokorēto)
• Polish: czekoladowy (pl)

• Portuguese: chocolate (pt)
• Romanian: de ciocolată (ro)
• Russian: шоколадный (ru) (šokoládnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: teòclaid (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чоколадни (sh)

  Roman: čokoladni (sh)

• Spanish: achocolatado (es), chocolateado (es), de chocolate (es)
• Swedish: av choklad (sv)
• Tagalog: tsokolateng (tl), tsokolate (tl) na
• Turkish: çikolatalı (tr)
• Vietnamese: sô-cô-la, sôcôla, socola
• Welsh: siocled (cy)

colour

• Bulgarian: шоколадов (bg) (šokoladov)
• Catalan: de color xocolata
• Chinese: 巧克力色, 巧克力色 (qiǎokèlì sè)
• Czech: čokoládový (cs) m
• Dutch: chocoladekleurig (nl)
• French: chocolat (fr)
• Galician: chocolate (gl)
• German: schokoladenbraun (de)
• Greek: σοκολατένιοσ (el) (sokolaténios)
• Interlingua: chocolate (ia)
• Italian: cioccolato (it), color cioccolato
• Japanese: チョコレート色 (ja) (chokorētoiro)
• Manx: shocklaidagh (gv)

• Norwegian: sjokoladebrun (no)
• Polish: czekoladowy (pl)
• Portuguese: chocolate (pt)
• Romanian: ciocolatiu (ro) m and n
• Russian: шоколадный (ru) (šokoládnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чоколадни (sh)

  Roman: čokoladni (sh)

• Spanish: chocolate (es), achocolatado (es)
• Swedish: chokladbrun (sv)
• Tagalog: kulay tsokolate (tl)
• Vietnamese: màu sô-cô-la, màu sôcôla, màu socola

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: chokolad
• Esperanto: ĉokolada
• Volapük: jokoladik

See also

black bottom pie Black Forest gateau brownie cacao carob cocoa bean cocoa butter crème de cacao devil's food cake ganache lamington

marquise mocha mochaccino mole Nanaimo bar praline sacher torte tollhouse cookie truffle Appendix:Colors

References

• “chocolate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• 2000, Karen Dakin, Søren Wichmann, ‘Cacao and Chocolate: An Uto-Aztec perspective’, Ancient Mesoamerica, vol. 11, pages 55–75.
• 1983, Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (University of Texas Press), page 54.

External links

• Chocolate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chocolate in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Asturian

Noun

chocolate m (plural chocolates)

1. Alternative form of chicolate.

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French

Adjective

chocolate

1. feminine form of chocolat

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Galician

Noun

chocolate m (plural chocolates)

1. chocolate

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Interlingua

Noun

chocolate (plural chocolates)

1. chocolate

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Portuguese

chocolate

Etymology

From Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl, possibly from xocolātl or chocolātl (a late attestation), though the etymology is unclear. See chocolate.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃokoˈlat͡ʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA: /ʃukuˈlatɨ/

Noun

chocolate m (plural chocolates)

1. chocolate

Derived terms

• achocolatado
• achocolatar

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Spanish

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Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl, possibly from xocolātl or chocolātl (a late attestation), though the etymology is unclear. See chocolate.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃo.ko.ˈla.te/, X-SAMPA: /tSo.ko."la.te/

Noun

chocolate m (plural chocolates)

1. chocolate (food made from cocoa beans; confectionery)
2. (slang) hash

Derived terms

• chocolateado

Descendants

• English: chocolate
• French: chocolat
• Portuguese: chocolate