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English
Image:Chocolate.jpg|thumb|right|chocolate (confectionery)

Etymology
Often said to come from Nahu. xocolatl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ, bitter, and atl, water, (with an irregular change of x to ch). Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate.

However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century, which may indicate another origin. The word may come instead from a Mayan. language.

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

References
rfc-level|References at L4+ not in L3 POS section
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"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.
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Pronunciation
a|UK: IPA|/�ʧ�klɪt/, SAMPA|/"tSQklIt/ or IPA|/�ʧ�k�lɪt/, SAMPA|/"tSQk@lIt/
a|US: IPA|/�ʧ�kl�t/, SAMPA|/"tSAkl@t/ or IPA|/�ʧ�k�l�t/, SAMPA|/"tSAk@l@t/
a|Aus: IPA|/�ʧ�kl�t/, SAMPA|/"tSQkl@t/ or IPA|/�ʧ�k�l�t/, SAMPA|/"tSQk@l@t/
audio|En-ca-chocolate.ogg|Audio (CA)
audio|en-uk-chocolate.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-us-chocolate.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

#: Chocolate is a very popular treat.

1. countable A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

#: He bought her some chocolates as a gift.

1. context|uncountable|colour A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate.

#: <table><tr><td>chocolate colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#61463E" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>
#: As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich deep chocolate.

Derived terms
rel-top|Terms derived from the noun or adjective chocolate
choc
choccy
chocoholic
chocolate-box
chocolate chip
chocolate leather
chocolate phosphate
chocolate plastic
rel-mid
chocolate tree
chocolatey, chocolaty
dark chocolate
hot chocolate
milk chocolate
modeling chocolate, modelling chocolate
plain chocolate
white chocolate
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Related terms
rel-top|Terms related to the noun or adjective chocolate
chocolatier<!--from French-->
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Translations
trans-top|food made from ground roasted cocoa beans
Arabic: ARchar|ش����اتة (shukuláta) f
Breton: chokolad m
Catalan: xocolata f
Cebuano: sikwate
Chinese: 巧��, 巧�� (qi�o kè lì)
Czech: �okoláda f
Danish: chokolade c
Dutch: chocolade m
Esperanto: �okolado
Estonian: Å¡okolaad
Finnish: suklaa
French: chocolat m
Galician: #Galician|chocolate m
German: Schokolade f
Greek: �οκολά�α (sokolata) f
Hebrew: ש�ק���|ש��ֹק�ֹ�ֶ� (shoqolad) m
Hungarian: csokoládé
Icelandic: súkkulaði
Indonesian: coklat
Italian: cioccolato m, cioccolata f
Japanese: ������ (chokor�to)
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Korean: ��� (chokkolet)
Latvian: šokol�de g|Latvian
Lojban: cakla
Lithuanian: Å¡okoladas m
Macedonian: �околада f
Maltese: �ikkulata f
Norwegian: sjokolade m
Polish: czekolada f
Portuguese: #Portuguese|chocolate m
Romanian: ciocolat� f
Russian: �околад (šokolád) m
Slovak: �okoláda f
Slovenian: �okolada f
Spanish: #Spanish|chocolate m
Swedish: choklad c
Tetum: xoklate
Turkish: çikolata
Vietnamese: sô-cô-la, sôcôla, socola
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trans-top|small piece of confectionery made from chocolate
Catalan: bombó m, xocolatina f
Cebuano: tsokolate
Chinese: 巧��, 巧�� (qi�o kè lì)
Dutch: chocoladebonbon m, chocolaatje n, praline#Dutch|praline f
Esperanto: �okolado
Finnish: konvehti, suklaakonvehti
French: chocolat m, praline#French|praline f
German: Praline f
Greek: �οκολά�α (sokoláta) f
Italian: cioccolatino m, pralina f
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Maltese: �ikkulatina f
Japanese: ������ (chokor�to)
Norwegian: konfekt m
Polish: czekoladka f, pralinka f
Portuguese: #Portuguese|chocolate m
Russian: �околадка (šokoládka) f
Spanish: bombón m
Swedish: chokladbit c, pralin c
Vietnamese: kẹo sô-cô-la, kẹo sôcôla, kẹo socola
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trans-top|colour
Chinese: 巧���, 巧��� (qi�o kè lì sè)
Dutch: chocoladekleur n
Esperanto: �okoladkoloro
Finnish: suklaanruskea
French: chocolat m
German: chocolat, schokoladenfarben
Greek: �οκολα�ί (sokolatí) n
Hungarian: csokoládé-barna
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Japanese: ������� (chokor�toiro)
Norwegian: sjokoladebrun m
Portuguese: chocolate m
Russian: �околадн�й (šokoládnyj)
Swedish: chokladbrun c
Vietnamese: màu sô-cô-la, màu sôcôla, màu socola
Volapük: jokolad
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|ش����اتة (šukuláta) f
ttbc|Breton: chokoladenn f, chokoladennoù p
ttbc|Galician: #Galician|chocolate m
ttbc|Interlingua: #Interlingua|chocolate
ttbc|Tamil: ம�ரப�பா (morappaa)
ttbc|Volapük: jokolad

Adjective
en-adj|-

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

Derived terms
See Derived terms for the noun

Translations
trans-top|made of or containing chocolate
Catalan: de xocolata
Chinese: 巧����, 巧���� (qi�o kè lì k�u wèi)
Dutch: chocolade- italbrac|combining form
French: de chocolat, au chocolat, chocolaté
Galician: chocolate
Greek: �οκολά�α
Interlingua: #Interlingua|chocolate
Italian: di cioccolato
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Japanese: ������ (chokor�to)
Polish: czekoladowy m, czekoladowa f, czekoladowe n
Portuguese: #Portuguese|chocolate
Russian: �околадн�й (šokoládnyj)
Swedish: av choklad
Vietnamese: sô-cô-la, sôcôla, socola
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trans-top|colour
Catalan: de color xocolata
Chinese: 巧���, 巧��� (qi�o kè lì sè)
Dutch: chocoladekleurig
French: chocolat
Galician: chocolate
German: schokoladenbraun
Greek: �οκολά�α
Interlingua: chocolate
Italian: cioccolato m|f and p, colore|color cioccolato m|f and p
trans-mid
Japanese: ������� (chokor�toiro)
Norwegian: sjokoladebrun
Polish: czekoladowy m, czekoladowa f, czekoladowe n
Portuguese: #Portuguese|chocolate[
Russian: �околадн�й (šokoládnyj)
Spanish: #Spanish|chocolate
Swedish: chokladbrun
Vietnamese: màu sô-cô-la, màu sôcôla, màu socola
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Breton: chokolad
ttbc|Esperanto: �okolada
ttbc|Spanish: chocolate, de chocolate
ttbc|Volapük: jokoladik

See also
black bottom pie
Black Forest gateau
brownie
cacao
carob
cocoa bean
cocoa butter
crème de cacao
devil's food cake|devil�s food cake
ganache
lamington
marquise
mocha
mochaccino
mole
Nanaimo bar
praline
sacher torte
tollhouse cookie
truffle
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Galician

Noun
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1. #English|chocolate

Interlingua

Noun
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1. #English|chocolate

Portuguese

Pronunciation
IPA|/�oko�laʧi/

Noun
infl|pt|noun|g=m

1. #English|chocolate

Spanish

Etymology
Possibly from Nahu.|es xocoatl, though the etymology is unclear.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ʧoko�late/, SAMPA|tSoko"late

Noun
es-noun-m

1. #English|chocolate italbrac|food made from cocoa beans; confectionery
2. slang|lang=es hash

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