coca

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.kə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.kə/ Rhymes: -əʊkə Hyphenation: co‧ca === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara. ==== Noun ==== coca (usually uncountable, plural cocas) Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Chinese: 古柯 (gǔkē) ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== Erythroxylum coca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Erythroxylum coca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Erythroxylum coca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Catalan coca. Doublet of cake. ==== Noun ==== coca (plural cocas) A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas. ==== Further reading ==== coca (pastry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === caco- == Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Dutch coca, from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, related to English cake. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈku.kə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈko.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈko.ka] ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural coques) (cooking) coca (pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas) ===== Derived terms ===== coca bamba coca de llanda coca de Montserrat ===== Descendants ===== → English: coca === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Quechua kuka. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈko̞.kə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkɔ.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈko.ka] ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural coques) (botany) coca (Erythroxylum coca) (colloquial) coke (cocaine) Synonym: cocaïna ===== Derived terms ===== cocaïna === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Old Catalan coca, from Old French coque, ultimately from Latin caudica (“small ship made of tree trunks”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈko̞.kə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkɔ.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɔ.ka] ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural coques) (nautical, historical) cog (type of sailing ship) === Further reading === “coca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “coca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) coca (pastís) on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca Category:coques on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoː.kaː/ Hyphenation: co‧ca === Noun === coca f (plural coca's, no diminutive) coca, plant of the family Erythroxylaceae (uncountable) coca, consumable leaves of these plants ==== Derived terms ==== cocaïne ==== Related terms ==== coke ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: koka == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.ka/ === Etymology 1 === Apocope of Coca-Cola; ultimately the same as Etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== coca m (plural cocas) Coke (serving of Coca-Cola) cola (serving of any cola drink) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua. ==== Noun ==== coca m (plural cocas) coca (plant) 2013, Benjamin Bord, L'Afghanistan est-il un narco-Etat ?, p. 32. (informal) cocaine === Further reading === “coca”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology 1 === From cocatriz, probably from Old French cocatriz, from Latin calcātrīx. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkɔka̝/ ==== Noun ==== coca m (plural cocas) (mythology, folklore) cockatrice, in Galician folklore a water creature Synonym: cocatriz === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkɔka̝/ ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural cocas) coca (plant) (informal, drugs) cocaine === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkɔka̝/ ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural cocas) alternative form of coco claw (pincer of a crustacean) === Etymology 4 === From a Germanic language (compare English cog). ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural cocas) (historical) cog (a clinker-built, flat-bottomed, square-rigged, single-masted mediaeval ship of burden) === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “coca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “coca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔkə/ === Etymology 1 === From English cock (“plumbing valve”), from Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, from Proto-West Germanic *kokk, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin. ==== Noun ==== coca m (genitive singular coca, nominative plural cocaí) cock (plumbing valve) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From English cock (“small pile of hay or grass”), from Middle English cokke, from Old English *cocc (“heap, pile”), from Proto-West Germanic *kokk, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“mass, bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”). Compare Welsh cocyn, also of English origin. ==== Noun ==== coca m (genitive singular coca, nominative plural cocaí) cock (small pile of hay or grass), haycock ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coca”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 217; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ka/ Rhymes: -ɔka Hyphenation: cò‧ca === Etymology 1 === Clipping of English Coca-Cola. ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural coche) Coke (serving of Coca-Cola) ===== Alternative forms ===== Coca === Etymology 2 === Clipping of cocaina (“cocaine”). ==== Noun ==== coca f (uncountable) coke (“cocaine”) === References === == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoː.kɑ/ Rhymes: -oː.kɑ === Noun === cōca genitive plural of cōc == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔkɐ Hyphenation: co‧ca === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish coca. ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural cocas) (countable) coca (cultivated plant of the family Erythroxylaceae) (countable) coca (dried leaf of Erythroxylum coca) (uncountable, slang) coke (cocaine) === Etymology 2 === Clipping of Coca-Cola. ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural cocas, diminutive coquinha, augmentative cocão m or cocona) (informal) Coke (cola-based soft drink) ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “coca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “coca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “coca1”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “coca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French coca, from Spanish, from Quechua. === Noun === coca f (uncountable) coca plant ==== See also ==== cocă == Southern Ndebele == === Verb === -coca to chat, to discuss ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoka/ [ˈko.ka] Rhymes: -oka Syllabification: co‧ca === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Quechua kuka or Aymara kuka (“coca”). ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural cocas) coca (any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America) coca (the dried leaf of one of these plants) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: coca→ Chinese: 古柯 (gǔkē) === Etymology 2 === Clipping of cocaína (“cocaine”). ==== Noun ==== coca f (uncountable) (colloquial) coke, cocaine Synonyms: cocaína, perico, farlopa Coordinate terms: meta, hierba === Etymology 3 === Clipping of English Coca-Cola. ==== Noun ==== coca f (plural cocas) Coke (Coca-Cola, a trademarked soft drink) === Further reading === “coca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swazi == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === -coca to chat ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Swedish == === Alternative forms === kocka === Etymology === From Coca-Cola. === Noun === coca c (slang, Scania, countable, uncountable) coke (cola-based soft drink) ==== Usage notes ==== Pronounced with /ɔ/ instead of /u/, as expected from the alternative form. ==== Declension ==== === References === Skånsk - Svensk ordlista... == Vietnamese == === Noun === coca Alternative spelling of côca. == Xhosa == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === -coca to become clean ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template.