English Explanatory Dictionary

cacao

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
  2. The seed of this tree, the cocoa bean.
  3. Cocoa (hot drink).
name
  1. A barangay of Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.

Pronunciation

/kəˈkaʊ/ /kəˈkɑː.əʊ/ /kəˈkeɪ.əʊ/ /kəˈkeɪ.oʊ/ /kəˈkɑ.oʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cacao.wav

Word forms

cacao cacaos

Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa.

Related words

cocoa crème de cacao

Derived words

cacaine cacao butter Cacao yellow mosaic virus

Translations

Arabic: كَاكَاو Central Bikol: kakaw Bulgarian: кака́о Catalan: cacau Chinese Mandarin: 可可豆 Czech: kakaový bob Danish: kakaobønne Dutch: cacaoboon Esperanto: kakao Finnish: kaakaopapu French: fève de cacao Galician: cacao German: Kakao Greek: κακάο Hungarian: kakaóbab Irish: síol cócó Italian: cacao Japanese: カカオ Kannada: ಕೋಕೋ Korean: 카카오 Central Kurdish: کاکاو Lithuanian: kakava Classical Nahuatl: cacahuatl Polish: kakao Portuguese: cacau Romanian: cacao Russian: кака́о Slovak: kakao Spanish: cacao Swedish: kakao Swedish: kakaoböna Turkish: kakao Turkish: Hint bademi Vietnamese: cacao Vietnamese: ca-cao Welsh: ffa cacao
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