Chocolate

WOTD - 23 December 2006

English[edit | edit source]

chocolate (confectionery)

Often said to come from Template:Nah[[Category:Template:Nah derivations|Chocolate]] xocolātl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ, bitter, and ātl, water, (with an irregular change of x to ch). However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century. Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate, and suggest the correct etymology to be chicolātl, a word found in several modern Nahuatl dialects.

In any case, the word chocolate reached English via Spanish.

Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

(Aus): IPA: /ˈtʃɒklət/, /ˈtʃɒkələt/; SAMPA: /"tSQkl@t/, /"tSQk@l@t/
(UK): IPA: /ˈtʃɒklɪt/, /ˈtʃɒkəlɪt/; SAMPA: /"tSQklIt/, /"tSQk@lIt/
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(US, CA): IPA: /ˈtʃɑklət/, /ˈtʃɑkələt/, SAMPA: /"tSAkl@t/, /"tSAk@l@t/
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Noun[edit | edit source]

Singular
Chocolate

Plural
s

Chocolate (s)

(uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
Chocolate is a very popular treat.
(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.
He bought her some chocolates as a gift.
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate.
As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich deep chocolate.

Chocolate colour:

Derived terms[edit | edit source]

Terms derived from the noun or adjective chocolate

Related terms[edit | edit source]

Terms related to the noun or adjective chocolate

Translations[edit | edit source]

food made from ground roasted cocoa beans

Afrikaans: sjokolade af(af)
Arabic: شوكولاتة ar(ar) (shukulaata) f.
Armenian: շոկոլադ hy(hy) (šokolad)
Azeri: şokolad az(az)
Belarusian: шакалад be(be) (šakalád) m.
Bosnian: čokolada bs(bs) f.
Breton: chokolad m.
Bulgarian: шоколад bg(bg) (šokolád) m.
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: xocolata f.
Cebuano: sikwate
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巧克力 cmn(cmn) (qiǎokèlì)
Croatian: čokoláda hr(hr) f.
Czech: čokoláda cs(cs) f.
Danish: chokolade da(da) c.
Dutch: chocolade nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: ĉokolado eo(eo)
Estonian: šokolaad et(et)
Filipino: tsokolate
Finnish: suklaa fi(fi)
French: chocolat fr(fr) m.
Galician: chocolate m.
Georgian: შოკოლადი ka(ka) (šokoladi)
German: Schokolade de(de) f.
Greek: σοκολάτα el(el) (sokolata) f.
Gujarati: ચોકલિટ્ gu(gu) (cōkaliṭ)
Hebrew: שׁוֹקוֹלֶד he(he) (shoqolad) m.
Hindi: चॉकलेट hi(hi) (cokalēṭ), चाकलेट hi(hi) (cākalēṭ)
Hungarian: csokoládé hu(hu)
Icelandic: súkkulaði is(is)
Ido: chokolado io(io)
Indonesian: coklat id(id)
Irish: seacláid ga(ga)
Italian: cioccolato it(it) m., cioccolata it(it) f.
Japanese: チョコレート ja(ja) (chokorēto)
Khmer: ស៊ុកូឡា km(km) (syogula)

Korean: 초콜렛 ko(ko) (chokkolet)
Lao: ໂຊໂກລາ lo(lo) (sookoolaa)
Latin: cacaotica la(la) f.
Latvian: šokolāde
Lithuanian: šokoladas lt(lt) m.
Lojban: cakla
Macedonian: чоколада mk(mk) (čokoláda) f.
Malay: coklat ms(ms)
Maltese: ċikkulata f.
Marathi: चॉकलेट mr(mr) (cokalēṭ)
Norwegian: sjokolade no(no) m.
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Persian: شوکولات fa(fa) (shukulât)
Polish: czekolada pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: chocolate pt(pt) m.
Romanian: ciocolată ro(ro) f.
Russian: шоколад ru(ru) (šokolád) m.
Scottish Gaelic: teòclaid gd(gd) f.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: чоколада sr(sr) f.

Roman: čokolada sr(sr) f.
Slovak: čokoláda sk(sk) f.
Slovene: čokolada sl(sl) f.
Spanish: chocolate es(es) m.
Swedish: choklad sv(sv) c.
Tagalog: tsokolate tl(tl)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Taos: cikulòti’ína
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Tetum: xoklate
Thai: ช็อกโกแล็ต th(th) (chók-goh-láet)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: çikolata tr(tr)
Ukrainian: шоколад uk(uk) (šokolád) m.
Vietnamese: sô-cô-la vi(vi), sôcôla vi(vi), socola vi(vi)
Welsh: siocled cy(cy) m.
Yiddish: שאָקאָלאַד yi(yi) (shokolad) m.

small piece of confectionery made from chocolate

Armenian: շոկոլադ hy(hy) (šokolad)
Bosnian: čokolada bs(bs) f.
Bulgarian: шоколадов бонбон bg(bg)
Catalan: bombó m., xocolatina f.
Cebuano: tsokolate
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巧克力 cmn(cmn) (qiǎokèlì)
Croatian: čokoláda hr(hr) f.
Dutch: chocoladebonbon m., chocolaatje n., praline f.
Esperanto: ĉokolado eo(eo)
Filipino: tsokolate
Finnish: konvehti fi(fi), suklaakonvehti fi(fi)
French: chocolat fr(fr) m., praline fr(fr) f.
German: Praline de(de) f.
Greek: σοκολατάκι el(el) (sokolatáki) n.

Italian: cioccolatino it(it) m., pralina it(it) f.
Japanese: チョコレート ja(ja) (chokorēto)
Maltese: ċikkulatina f.
Norwegian: konfekt m.
Polish: czekoladka f., pralinka f.
Portuguese: chocolate pt(pt) m.
Russian: шоколадка ru(ru) (šokoládka) f.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: чоколада sr(sr) f.

Roman: čokolada sr(sr) f.
Spanish: bombón es(es) m.
Swedish: chokladbit sv(sv) c., pralin sv(sv) c.
Tagalog: tsokolate tl(tl)
Vietnamese: kẹo sô-cô-la, kẹo sôcôla, kẹo socola
Welsh: siocledyn cy(cy) m.

colour

Chinese:
Mandarin: 巧克力色, 巧克力色 (qiǎokèlì sè)
Dutch: chocoladekleur nl(nl) n.
Esperanto: ĉokoladkoloro
Finnish: suklaanruskea fi(fi)
French: chocolat fr(fr) m.
German: chocolat, schokoladenfarben
Greek: σοκολατί el(el) (sokolatí) n.

Hungarian: csokoládébarna hu(hu)
Japanese: チョコレート色 (chokorētoiro)
Norwegian: sjokoladebrun m.
Portuguese: chocolate pt(pt) m.
Russian: шоколадный ru(ru) (šokoládnyj)
Swedish: chokladbrun c.
Vietnamese: màu sô-cô-la, màu sôcôla, màu socola
Volapük: jokolad

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: chokoladenn f., chokoladennoù pl.
Galician: chocolate m.
Interlingua: chocolate

Marathi: चॉकलेट (cokalet)
Tamil: மொரப்பா (morappaa)
Volapük: jokolad

Adjective[edit | edit source]

Chocolate (not comparable)

Positive
Chocolate

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

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

Derived terms[edit | edit source]

See Derived terms for the noun

Translations[edit | edit source]

made of or containing chocolate

Bulgarian: шоколадов bg(bg)
Catalan: de xocolata
Chinese: 巧克力口味, 巧克力口味 (qiǎokèlì kǒuwèi)
Croatian: čȍkolādnī hr(hr)
Czech: čokoládový cs(cs) m.
Dutch: chocolade- (combining form)
Esperanto: ĉokolada eo(eo)
Filipino: tsokolateng, tsokolate na
French: de chocolat, au chocolat, chocolaté
Galician: chocolate
Greek: σοκολάτα el(el)

Interlingua: chocolate
Italian: di cioccolato
Japanese: チョコレート ja(ja) (chokorēto)
Polish: czekoladowy m., czekoladowa f., czekoladowe n.
Portuguese: chocolate pt(pt)
Russian: шоколадный (šokoládnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: teòclaid gd(gd)
Swedish: av choklad
Tagalog: tsokolateng tl(tl), tsokolate tl(tl) na
Vietnamese: sô-cô-la, sôcôla, socola
Welsh: siocled cy(cy)

colour

Bulgarian: шоколадов bg(bg)
Catalan: de color xocolata
Chinese: 巧克力色, 巧克力色 (qiǎokèlì sè)
Croatian: čȍkolādnī hr(hr)
Czech: čokoládový cs(cs) m.
Dutch: chocoladekleurig
Filipino: kulay tsokolate
French: chocolat fr(fr)
Galician: chocolate
German: schokoladenbraun
Greek: σοκολάτα el(el)

Interlingua: chocolate
Italian: cioccolato m. and f. and pl., color cioccolato m. and f. and pl.
Japanese: チョコレート色 (chokorētoiro)
Norwegian: sjokoladebrun
Polish: czekoladowy m., czekoladowa f., czekoladowe n.
Portuguese: chocolate pt(pt)
Russian: шоколадный (šokoládnyj)
Spanish: chocolate es(es)
Swedish: chokladbrun
Tagalog: kulay tsokolate tl(tl)
Vietnamese: màu sô-cô-la, màu sôcôla, màu socola

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: chokolad
Esperanto: ĉokolada
Spanish: chocolate, de chocolate
Volapük: jokoladik

References[edit | edit source]

"chocolate." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 17 Nov. 2006. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chocolate>
"chocolate." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1). Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. 17 Nov. 2006. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chocolate>
Dakin, Karen; Wichmann, Søren. (2000) ‘Cacao and Chocolate: An Uto-Aztec perspective’. Ancient Mesoamerica, vol. 11, pp.55–75.
Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl. University of Texas Press, p. 54.