chocolade

See also: Chocolade

Dutch

Alternative forms

• chocola
• chocolaad (archaic)

Etymology

From Spanish chocolate, from a Nahuatl word, though it is not clear precisely which one. See chocolate for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃoː.koːˈlaː.də/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cho‧co‧la‧de

Noun

Chocolade
Chocolate

chocolade m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. chocolate

Usage notes

• In the past some dictionaries prescribed a feminine gender, likely because of analogy with terms that have the ending -ade. This prescription does not seem to have had any basis in common usage or etymology, however.

Derived terms

• chocolade-eclair
• chocolade-ijs
• chocoladecake
• chocoladeletter
• chocolademelk
• chocoladereep
• chocoladetaart
• melkchocolade

Related terms

• chocolaterie
• chocolatier

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sjokolade
• → Lokono: sokolati
• → Aukan: sukaati
• → Caribbean Hindustani: shokolá
• → German: Schokolade (see there for further descendants)
• → Indonesian: coklat, cokelat, cokola, soklat
  • → Petjo: tjoklat
• → West Frisian: sûkelade