Chocolate

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.5 Related terms 1.6 See also 2 Galician 2.1 Noun 3 Interlingua 3.1 Noun 4 Portuguese 4.1 Noun 5 Spanish 5.1 Noun 5.2 Pronunciation

English

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /'tSokl@t/, /'tSok@l@t/
• IPA: /'ʧɒklət/, /'ʧɒkələt/

Etymology

From Nahuatl chocolatl

Noun

chocolate (uncountable and countable; plural chocolates)

1. (uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
2. (countable) A small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

   He bought her some chocolates as a gift.

3. (uncountable) A dark reddish-brown color/colour, like that of chocolate.

   As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich deep chocolate.

Translations

food made from ground roasted cocoa beans

Breton: chokolad m Dutch: chocolade m French: chocolat m Galician: chocolate m Hebrew: שׁוֹקוֹלֶד

Japanese: チョコレート (chokorēto) Lojban: cakla Lithuanian: šokoladas m Polish: czekolada f Portuguese: chocolate m Spanish: chocolate m Vietnamese: kẹo sô-cô-la

small piece of confectionery made from chocolate

Dutch: chocoladebonbon m, chocolaatje n, praline f French: chocolat m, praline f Italian: cioccolatino m

Japanese: チョコレート (chokorēto) Spanish: bombón m

colour

Dutch: chocoladekleur n

Vietnamese: mầu sô-cô-la Volapük: jokolad

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

• Arabic: شوكولاته (shukulata)
• Breton: chokoladenn f -où plural
• Catalan: xocolata f
• Chinese: 巧克力
• Esperanto: ĉokolado
• Finnish: suklaa
• Galician: chocolate m
• German: Schokolade f
• Greek: σοκολάτα (sokolata) (1, 2, 4)
• Indonesian: coklat
• Interlingua: chocolate
• Italian: cioccolata
• Korean: 초콜렛 (chokkorres)
• Norwegian: sjokoladen
• Polish: czekoladka f
• Portuguese: chocolate m
• Russian: шоколад (cokolad)
• Swedish: choklad
• Vietnamese: kẹo sô-cô-la
• Volapük: jokolad

Adjective

chocolate (no comparative or superlative)

1. Made of or containing chocolate.
2. Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.

Translations

made of or containing chocolate

Dutch: chocolade- (combining form) French: de chocolat Galician: chocolate German: schokoladen Greek: σοκολάτα Interlingua: chocolate Italian: di cioccolato

Polish: czekoladowy Portuguese: chocolate

reddish-brown in colour

Dutch: chocoladekleurig Galician: chocolate German: schokoladenbraun Greek: σοκολάτα Interlingua: chocolate Italian: cioccolato m, f and plural, color cioccolato m, f and plural

Norwegian: sjokoladebrun Polish: czekoladowy Portuguese: chocolate Spanish: chocolate Vietnamese: mầu sô-cô-la

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Breton: chokolad
• Chinese: 巧克力, 巧克力的棕色
• Esperanto: ĉokolada
• French: chocolat, de chocolat
• Italian: cioccolata, di cioccolata
• Spanish: chocolate, de chocolate
• Volapük: jokoladik

Related terms

• choc
• hot chocolate
• chocolatey, chocolaty

See also

• Wiktionary appendix of colours

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Galician

Noun

chocolate m

1. chocolate

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Interlingua

Noun

chocolate

1. chocolate

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Portuguese

Noun

chocolate m

1. chocolate

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Spanish

Noun

chocolate m

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /tSoko'late/
• IPA: /ʧoko'late/

1. chocolate (food made from cocoa beans; confectionery)
2. (slang) hash