Phrase guide

cocoa bean

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A seed of the cocoa plant; used to make chocolate, cocoa and cocoa butter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cacao

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cacao bean

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kakaoboon — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Arabic: حَبّ الْكَاكَاو (ḥabb al-kākāw) — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Catalan: cacau — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可可豆 (kěkědòu) — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Danish: kakaobønne — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Dutch: cacaoboon — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Estonian: kakaouba — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Finnish: kaakaopapu — seed of the cocoa plant
  • French: fève de cacao — seed of the cocoa plant
  • German: Kakaobohne — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Greek: φασόλι κακάο (fasóli kakáo) — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Hungarian: kakaóbab — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Italian: seme di cacao — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Japanese: カカオ豆 (kakao mame) — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Korean: 카카오 씨 (kakao ssi) — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kakaobønne — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kakaobønne — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Polish: ziarno kakaowca — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Portuguese: grão de cacau — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Russian: боб кака́о (bob kakáo) — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Spanish: grano de cacao — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Swedish: kakaoböna — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Thai: เมล็ดโกโก้ — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Turkish: kakao tohumu — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Turkish: kakao çekirdeği — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Vietnamese: hạt cacao — seed of the cocoa plant
  • Welsh: ffa cacao — seed of the cocoa plant