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See also: Cocoa
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/
- (US) enPR: kōʹkō, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ
- Homophone: coco
Etymology 1
[edit]From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.[1] Doublet of cacao.
Noun
[edit]cocoa (countable and uncountable, plural cocoas)
- The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
- An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
- (uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
- Synonyms: chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
- Do you like cocoa?
- 1979, Stanley J. Sharpless, A Food Lover's Companion, Harper & Row, Evan Jones (edit.)
- 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.
- (countable) A serving of this drink.
- I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
- (countable) A light to medium brown colour.
- cocoa:
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]partially fermented seeds of cacao tree
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powder — see cocoa powder
hot drink
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cup/mug of this drink
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colour
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Adjective
[edit]cocoa (not comparable)
- Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
Translations
[edit]of a light to medium brown colour
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.
Noun
[edit]cocoa
- (now nonstandard) Alternative spelling of coco.
References
[edit]- ^ The template Template:R:Johnson Dictionary does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Samuel Johnson (1755 April 15) “COCOA”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volumes I (A–K), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, for J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC, column 1: “[cacaotal, Span. and therefore more properly written cacao.]”
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]cocoa
- (transitive) to hurt
- (reflexive) to be ill
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz[1], 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 87, 119, 231, 242
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cocoa f (plural cocoas)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cocoa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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