cocoa

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/
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• US: kōʹkō
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• US: /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/
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• Philippines: /koˈkoʊ.ɐ/
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• rhymes with -əʊkəʊ
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• homophone: coco
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• CMU ARPABET: K OW1 K OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao.

By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: с цвят кака́о (s cvjat kakáo) — of a light to medium brown colour
• Bulgarian: в цвят кака́о (v cvjat kakáo) — of a light to medium brown colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 可可色 (kěkěsè) — of a light to medium brown colour
• Finnish: kaakaonvärinen — of a light to medium brown colour
• French: cacao — of a light to medium brown colour
• Ido: kakaea — of a light to medium brown colour
• Japanese: ココア色の (kokoa iro no) — of a light to medium brown colour
• Polish: kakaowy — of a light to medium brown colour
• Swedish: kakaobrun — of a light to medium brown colour
• French: Cocoa — programming API
• Marathi: कोको (koko) — programming API
• Afrikaans: kakao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Arabic: كاكاو (kakāw) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Arabic: ككاو (kakkāw) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Armenian: կակաո (kakao) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Bulgarian: кака́о (kakáo) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Chinese Cantonese: 可可豆 — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 可可豆 (kěkědòu) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Czech: kakaové boby — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Finnish: raakakaakao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Georgian: კაკაო (ḳaḳao) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• German: Kakaobohne — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Greek: φασόλι κακάο (fasóli kakáo) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Ido: kakao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Italian: cacao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Italian: fave di cacao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Japanese: カカオの実 (kakao no mi) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Kazakh: какао (kakao) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Kazakh: шоколад ағашы (şokolad ağaşy) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Khmer: កាកាវ (kaakaaw) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Korean: 카카오 (kakao) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Korean: 코코아 (kokoa) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Macedonian: кака́ови зрна (kakáovi zrna) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Māori: kōkō — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Nahuatl: cacahuatl — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Iranian Persian: کاکائو (kâkâ'u) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Plautdietsch: Kakau — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Polish: kakao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Portuguese: semente de cacau — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Romanian: cacao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Russian: кака́о (kakáo) — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Spanish: cacao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Swahili: kakao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Swedish: kakaoböna — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Vietnamese: cacao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Vietnamese: ca-cao — partially fermented seeds of cocoa tree
• Afrikaans: sjokoladedrankie — hot drink
• Arabic: كَاكَاو (kākāw) — hot drink
• Armenian: կակաո (kakao) — hot drink
• Belarusian: кака́ва (kakáva) — hot drink
• Bulgarian: кака́о (kakáo) — hot drink
• Catalan: xocolata — hot drink
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱可可 /热可可 (rèkěkě) — hot drink
• Ch'orti': kakauʼ — hot drink
• Czech: kakao — hot drink
• Danish: chokolade — hot drink
• Danish: kakao — hot drink
• Dutch: cacao — hot drink
• Estonian: kakao — hot drink
• Finnish: kaakao — hot drink
• French: cacao — hot drink
• Georgian: კაკაო (ḳaḳao) — hot drink
• Georgian: ცხელი შოკოლადი (cxeli šoḳoladi) — hot drink
• German: Kakao — hot drink
• German: heiße Schokolade — hot drink
• Greek: κακάο (kakáo) — hot drink
• Greek: σοκολάτα (sokoláta) — hot drink
• Hebrew: קָקָאוֹ (kaká'o) — hot drink
• Hungarian: kakaó — hot drink
• Icelandic: kakó — hot drink
• Ido: kakao — hot drink
• Irish: cócó — hot drink
• Japanese: ココア (kokoa) — hot drink
• Korean: 코코아 (kokoa) — hot drink
• Lithuanian: kakava — hot drink
• Macedonian: кака́о (kakáo) — hot drink
• Māori: kōkō — hot drink
• Nahuatl: cacahuatl — hot drink
• Navajo: gohwééh hashtłʼishí — hot drink
• Polish: kakao — hot drink
• Portuguese: chocolate quente — hot drink
• Romanian: cacao — hot drink
• Russian: кака́о (kakáo) — hot drink
• Scottish Gaelic: còco — hot drink
• Slovak: kakao — hot drink
• Lower Sorbian: kakaw — hot drink
• Lower Sorbian: kakawa — hot drink
• Spanish: chocolate — hot drink
• Swedish: choklad — hot drink
• Ukrainian: кака́о (kakáo) — hot drink
• Yiddish: קאַקאַאָ (kakao) — hot drink
• Bulgarian: кака́о (kakáo) — cup/mug of this drink
• Chinese Mandarin: 一杯熱可可 /一杯热可可 (yī bēi rèkěkě) — cup/mug of this drink
• Czech: kakao — cup/mug of this drink
• Finnish: kaakao — cup/mug of this drink
• French: cacao — cup/mug of this drink
• German: Kakao — cup/mug of this drink
• German: heiße Schokolade — cup/mug of this drink
• Greek: κακάο (kakáo) — cup/mug of this drink
• Hungarian: kakaó — cup/mug of this drink
• Japanese: ココア (kokoa) — cup/mug of this drink
• Japanese: ホットチョコレート — cup/mug of this drink
• Korean: 코코아 (kokoa) — cup/mug of this drink
• Korean: 핫초콜릿 (hatchokollit) — cup/mug of this drink
• Māori: kōkō — cup/mug of this drink
• Romanian: cacao — cup/mug of this drink
• Slovak: kakao — cup/mug of this drink
• Spanish: chocolate — cup/mug of this drink
• Swedish: choklad — cup/mug of this drink
• Afrikaans: kakaokleur — colour
• Bulgarian: кака́о (kakáo) — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 可可色 (kěkěsè) — colour
• Estonian: kakaopruun — colour
• Finnish: kaakao — colour
• French: cacao — colour
• Greek: καστανοκίτρινος (kastanokítrinos) — colour
• Hungarian: kakaóbarna — colour
• Ido: kakaeo — colour
• Ido: kakakoloro — colour
• Japanese: ココア色 (kokoa iro) — colour
• Korean: 갈색 (galsaek) — colour
• Portuguese: chocolate — colour
• Romanian: cacao — colour
• Russian: кака́о (kakáo) — colour
• Spanish: chocolate — colour
• Swedish: kakaobrunt — colour