chocolate

Signification

Noun

1. A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
2. A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.
3. A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.
4. A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).
5. A cat having a chocolate-colored coat.
6. (slang) A black person; (uncountable) blackness.

Adj

1. Made of or containing chocolate.
2. Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.
3. (slang) Black (relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin).

Verb

1. To add chocolate to; to cover (food) in chocolate.
2. To treat blood agar by heating in order to lyse the red blood cells in the medium.

Coupé comme

choc‧o‧late

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɒk(ə)lɪt/

Étymologie

Etymology tree
Classical Nahuatl chocolatlbor.
Spanish chocolatebor.
English chocolate
Via Spanish chocolate from a Nahuatl word, widely given as chocolātl (with the second element being a reflex of Classical Nahuatl ātl (“water”)), although such a word does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century according to Karttunen. Dakin and Wichmann propose chicolātl as the original form (saying it survives in several modern Nahuatl dialects) and say the chicol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate. Another theory is that the prefix came from Yucatec Maya chocol (“hot”).