cocoa

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/ (US) enPR: kōʹkō, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /koˈkoʊ.ɐ/ Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ Homophone: coco Hyphenation: co‧coa === Etymology 1 === From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao. ==== Noun ==== cocoa (countable and uncountable, plural cocoas) The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking. (uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar. Synonyms: chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate 1979, Stanley J. Sharpless, A Food Lover's Companion, Harper & Row, Evan Jones (edit.) Half past nine - high time for supper; Cocoa, love? Of course, my dear. Helen thinks it quite delicious, John prefers it now to beer.... ¶For they've stumbled on the secret Of a love that never wanes, Rapt beneath the tumbled bedclothes, Cocoa coursing through their veins. (countable) A serving of this drink. (countable) A light to medium brown colour. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== cacao ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== cocoa (not comparable) Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder. ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Colors === Etymology 2 === By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. ==== Noun ==== cocoa (now nonstandard) Alternative spelling of coco. === References === == Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === cocohua === Etymology === From Proto-Nahuan *koko-wa (“to be sick”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *koL~koLi (“to hurt”, with reduplication). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koko(w)a/ === Verb === cocoa (transitive) to hurt (reflexive) to be ill ==== Related terms ==== cocoya === References === Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002), Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎[2], 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 87, 119, 231, 242 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cocoa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈkoa/ [koˈko.a] Rhymes: -oa Syllabification: co‧co‧a === Noun === cocoa f (plural cocoas) cocoa ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “cocoa”, 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