chocolate

Meaning

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

cocoa

hot chocolate

coffee

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burnt umber

umber

choc

deep brown

chocolate-coloured

drinking chocolate

chocolate-colored

piece confectionery

chocolate-brown

dark brown

chocolate colour

to drink chocolate

Translations

chocolat

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chocolate

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chocolate

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Schokolade

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σοκολάτα

cioccolato

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cioccolata

chocolade

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xocolata

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çikolata

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chocola

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cioccolatino

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Praline

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɒk(ə)lɪt/

Etymology

Cognate with Classical Nahuatl: ātl

In summary

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”).