Phrase guide

cocoa powder

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: baking, cooking, food, lifestyle

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A form of brown gunpowder, also known as brown powder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

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noun

Meaning 3

the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed; used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chocolate

Narrower terms: Dutch-processed cocoa

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кака́о (kakáo) — powder from cocoa solids
  • Chinese Cantonese: 可可粉 (ho2 ho2 fan2) — powder from cocoa solids
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可可粉 (kěkěfěn) — powder from cocoa solids
  • Czech: kakao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Danish: kakao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Danish: kakaopulver — powder from cocoa solids
  • Dutch: cacao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Dutch: cacaopoeder — powder from cocoa solids
  • Estonian: kakaopulber — powder from cocoa solids
  • Finnish: kaakaojauhe — powder from cocoa solids
  • French: cacao — powder from cocoa solids
  • French: poudre de cacao — powder from cocoa solids
  • German: Kakao — powder from cocoa solids
  • German: Kakaopulver — powder from cocoa solids
  • Greek: κακάο (kakáo) — powder from cocoa solids
  • Hebrew: קָקָאוֹ (qaqáo) — powder from cocoa solids
  • Hungarian: kakaópor — powder from cocoa solids
  • Ido: kakao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Indonesian: bubuk kakao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Italian: cacao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Japanese: ココア (kokoa) — powder from cocoa solids
  • Korean: 코코아 (kokoa) — powder from cocoa solids
  • Lingala: kakao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Lithuanian: kakavà — powder from cocoa solids
  • Macedonian: кака́о (kakáo) — powder from cocoa solids
  • Malay: serbuk koko — powder from cocoa solids
  • Māori: kōkō — powder from cocoa solids
  • Māori: paura kōkō — powder from cocoa solids
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kakaopulver — powder from cocoa solids
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kakaopulver — powder from cocoa solids
  • Polish: kakao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Portuguese: cacau em pó — powder from cocoa solids
  • Romanian: cacao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Romanian: pulbere de cacao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Russian: кака́о-порошо́к (kakáo-porošók) — powder from cocoa solids
  • Lower Sorbian: kakaw — powder from cocoa solids
  • Lower Sorbian: kakawa — powder from cocoa solids
  • Spanish: cacao en polvo — powder from cocoa solids
  • Swedish: kakao — powder from cocoa solids
  • Swedish: kakaopulver — powder from cocoa solids
  • Turkish: kakao tozu — powder from cocoa solids
  • Yiddish: קאַקאַאָ (kakao) — powder from cocoa solids