cocoa

See also Cocoa

English

Etymology

Metathesis of Spanish cacao.

Pronunciation

• (RP) /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/, /"k@Uk@U/
• (US) enPR: kōʹkō, IPA: /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/, SAMPA: /"ko:ko:/

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Noun

Wikipedia cocoa (countable and uncountable; plural cocoas)

1. (uncountable) the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made
2. (uncountable) 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

   Do you like cocoa?

4. (countable) a cup or mug of this drink

   I like to watch TV with a cocoa.

5. (countable) a light to medium brown colour

   cocoa colour:

Quotations

``A Food Lover's Companion by Evan Jones (Harper & Row, 1979) includes this poem by Stanley J. Sharpless:

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.

Synonyms

• (hot drink): chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate

Translations

seeds of cacao tree

Bulgarian: какао (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 可可豆 (cmn) (kěkě dòu) Czech: kakaové boby (cs) m. pl.

German: Kakaobohne (de) f. Greek: σπειρί του κακάο (el) (speirí tou kakáo) n. Korean: 카카오 (ko) Macedonian: какаови зрна (mk) (kakáovi z'rna) n. pl.

powder

Bulgarian: какао (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 可可粉 (cmn) (kěkě fěn) Danish: kakao (da) c., kakaopulver (da) n. Dutch: cacao m., cacaopoeder n. Estonian: kakaopulber Finnish: kaakaojauhe (fi) French: cacao m., poudre de cacao f. German: Kakao (de) m., Kakaopulver (de) n. Greek: κακάο (el) (kakáo) n.

Hebrew: אבקת קקאו (avqat qaqao) f. Italian: cacao (it) m. Japanese: ココア (ja) (kokoa) Korean: 코코아 (kokoa) Macedonian: какао (mk) (kakáo) n. Polish: kakao n. Portuguese: cacau em pó m. Russian: какао порошок m. Spanish: cacao en polvo m. Swedish: kakao (sv) c., kakaopulver (sv) n.

hot drink

Bulgarian: какао (bg) n. Ch'orti': kakauʼ Chinese: Mandarin: 熱可可 (cmn) (rè kěkě) Czech: kakao (cs) n. Danish: chokolade (da) c., kakao (da) c. Dutch: cacao (nl) m. Estonian: kakao (et) Finnish: kaakao (fi) French: cacao (fr) m. German: Kakao (de) m. Greek: κακάο (el) (kakáo) n., σοκολάτα (el) (sokoláta) f. Hebrew: קקאו (qaqao) m.

Hungarian: kakaó (hu) Japanese: ココア (ja) (kokoa) Korean: 핫초코 (hat-choko) Macedonian: какао (mk) (kakáo) n. Nahuatl: cacahuatl Navajo: gohwé éh haštłʼiší Polish: kakao n. Portuguese: cacau (pt) m. Russian: какао m. (invariable) Scottish Gaelic: còco (gd) m. Slovak: kakao (sk) n. Swedish: choklad (sv) c.

cup/mug of this drink

Chinese: Mandarin: 一杯熱可可飲料， 一杯热可可饮料 (yī bēi rè kěkě yǐnliào) Czech: kakao (cs) n. Finnish: kaakao (fi)

French: cacao (fr) m. Greek: κακάο (el) (kakáo) n. Hungarian: kakaó (hu) Slovak: kakao (sk) n.

colour

Chinese: Mandarin: 可可色 (cmn) (kěkě sè) Estonian: kakaopruun Finnish: kaakao (fi)

French: cacao (fr) m. Greek: καστανοκίτρινος (el) (kastanokítrinos) m. Korean: 갈색 (ko) Swedish: kakaobrunt (sv)

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• Maléku Jaíka: cajú
• Kuna: sia, siagua

Derived terms

• cocoa bean
• cocoa butter
• cocoa-payol
• cocoa powder

Related terms

• cacao

Adjective

cocoa

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

Translations

of a light to medium brown colour

Chinese: Mandarin: 可可色 (cmn) (kěkě sè) Finnish: kaakaonvärinen

French: cacao (fr) Polish: kakaowy m. Swedish: kakaobrun (sv)

See also

• Appendix:Colors

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Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• cocohua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /koko(w)a/

Verb

cocoa

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

Related terms

• cocoya

References

• 2002, Wolgemuth, Carl et al., Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz^[1], 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page pp. 87, 119, 231, 242: