Standard Lemma guide

coca

name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.kə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈkoʊ.kə/
  • rhymes with -əʊkə
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW1 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Acronym of Corpus of Contemporary American English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A river (the Coca River) in Ecuador, a tributary of the Napo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

name

Meaning 4

Synonym of Puerto Francisco de Orellana (El Coca), Ecuador.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Puerto Francisco de Orellana

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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8

noun

Meaning 8

dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant product

9

noun

Meaning 9

United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Imogene Coca

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: comedienne

10

noun

Meaning 10

a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Erythroxylon coca, coca plant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Aymarader. Quechua kukabor. Aymara kukabor. Spanish cocabor. English coca Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.

Borrowed from Catalan coca. Doublet of cake.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 古柯 (gǔkē) — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Greek: κόκα (kóka) — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Hindi: कोका (kokā) — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Irish: cóca — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Japanese: コカ (koka) — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Marathi: कोका (kokā) — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Mongolian: кокайны мод (kokajny mod) — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Polish: koka — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Romanian: coca — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Russian: ко́ка (kóka) — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Turkish: koka — any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae
  • Bulgarian: кока (koka) — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Czech: kokainovník pravý — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Dutch: coca — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Finnish: kokapensaat — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • French: coca — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • German: Cocablatt — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • German: Koka — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Greek: κόκα (kóka) — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Hebrew: קוקה (koka) — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Hindi: कोका (kokā) — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Ido: kokao — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Irish: cóca — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Italian: coca — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Japanese: コカ (koka) — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Khmer: កូកា (koukaa) — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Marathi: कोका (kokā) — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Mongolian: кока (koka) — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Polish: koka — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Portuguese: coca — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Romanian: coca — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Spanish: coca — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Swedish: kokabuske — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)
  • Turkish: koka ağacı — the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)