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A seed of the cocoa plant; used to make chocolate, cocoa and cocoa butter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cacao
Antonyms: none provided
seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cacao bean
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
kakaoboon
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Arabic:
حَبّ الْكَاكَاو
(ḥabb al-kākāw)
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Catalan:
cacau
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Chinese Mandarin:
可可豆
(kěkědòu)
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Danish:
kakaobønne
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Dutch:
cacaoboon
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Estonian:
kakaouba
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Finnish:
kaakaopapu
— seed of the cocoa plant
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French:
fève de cacao
— seed of the cocoa plant
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German:
Kakaobohne
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Greek:
φασόλι κακάο
(fasóli kakáo)
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Hungarian:
kakaóbab
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Italian:
seme di cacao
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Japanese:
カカオ豆
(kakao mame)
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Korean:
카카오 씨
(kakao ssi)
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kakaobønne
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kakaobønne
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Polish:
ziarno kakaowca
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Portuguese:
grão de cacau
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Russian:
боб кака́о
(bob kakáo)
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Spanish:
grano de cacao
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Swedish:
kakaoböna
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Thai:
เมล็ดโกโก้
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Turkish:
kakao tohumu
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Turkish:
kakao çekirdeği
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Vietnamese:
hạt cacao
— seed of the cocoa plant
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Welsh:
ffa cacao
— seed of the cocoa plant