cacao

See also: Cacao

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈkɑːəʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯əʊ̯/, ,
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /kəˈkaʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯oʊ̯/, ,
Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

cacao (countable and uncountable, plural cacaos)

A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
The seed of this tree, the cocoa bean.

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Translations

cacao tree

Aklanon: kakaw
Albanian: kakao (sq) m
Arabic: شَجَرَة اَلْكَاكَاو f (šajara(t) al-kākāw)
Armenian: կակաո (hy) (kakao)
Balinese: ᬧᬸᬜᬦ᭄ᬘᭀᬓ᭄ᬮᬢ᭄ (punyan coklat)
Bikol Central: kakaw (bcl)
Bulgarian: какаово дърво (kakaovo dǎrvo)
Catalan: cacau (ca) m, cacauer m
Cebuano: kakaw
Chinese:
Hokkien: chi-ku-la̍t-châng

Mandarin: 可可樹／可可树 (zh) (kěkěshù)
Czech: kakaovník (cs) m
Danish: kakao (da)
Dutch: cacaoboom (nl) m
Esperanto: kakaarbo, kakaoarbo
Estonian: kakaopuu
Finnish: kaakaopuu (fi)
French: cacaoyer (fr) m
Galician: cacao (gl) m
Georgian: კაკაო (ḳaḳao)
German: Kakaobaum (de) m
Greek: κακαόδεντρο (el) n (kakaódentro), κακάο (el) n (kakáo)
Gujarati: કોકો m (koko)
Haitian Creole: kakaoye
Hebrew: קָקָאוֹ (he) m (kaká'o)
Hungarian: kakaófa (hu)
Icelandic: kakó (is)
Indonesian: kakao (id)
Irish: crann cócó m
Isthmus Zapotec: biziaa
Italian: cacao (it) m
Japanese: カカオ (ja) (kakao)
Kannada: ಕೋಕೋ (kōkō)
Korean: 카카오 (kakao), 카카오나무 (kakaonamu)
Latin: cacao m
Latvian: kakao m
Lingala: kaukau
Lithuanian: kakavmedis
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: kakouboom
Malay: koko (ms)
Malayalam: കൊക്കോ (kokkō)
Nahuatl: cacahuacuahuitl
Neapolitan: cacavo m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kakaotre n

Nynorsk: kakaotre n
Persian: کاکائو (fa) (kâkâ'o)
Polish: kakaowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: cacaueiro m
Quechua: kakawa k'aspi
Romanian: arbore-de-cacao (ro) m
Russian: кака́о (ru) n (kakáo)
Serbo-Croatian: какаовац m, kakaovac (sh) m
Slovak: kakaovník m
Spanish: cacao (es) m, cacaotero m (Mexico)
Swedish: kakao (sv), kakaoträd (sv) n
Tagalog: kakaw
Tongan: koko
Turkish: kakao (tr)
Ukrainian: какао (uk) (kakao)
Upper Sorbian: kakawowc
Urdu: کوکو m (koko)
Uzbek: kakao (uz)
Vietnamese: cacao (vi), ca-cao
Welsh: coeden gacao f
Yiddish: קאַקאַאָ בוים (kakao boym)
Yucatec Maya: kakaw

cocoa bean

Arabic: كَاكَاو m (kākāw)
Bikol Central: kakaw (bcl)
Bulgarian: кака́о n (kakáo)
Catalan: cacau (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可可豆 (zh) (kěkědòu)
Classical Nahuatl: cacahuatl
Czech: kakaový bob m
Danish: kakaobønne c
Dutch: cacaoboon (nl)
Esperanto: kakao (eo)
Finnish: kaakaopapu (fi)
French: fève de cacao (fr) f
Galician: cacao (gl) m
German: Kakao (de) m
Greek: κακάο (el) n (kakáo)
Hungarian: kakaóbab (hu)
Irish: síol cócó m
Italian: cacao (it) m
Japanese: カカオ (ja) (kakao)
Kannada: ಕೋಕೋ (kōkō)
Korean: 카카오 열매 (kakao yeolmae)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کاکاو (kakaw)
Lithuanian: kakava f
Polish: kakao (pl) n
Portuguese: cacau (pt) m
Romanian: cacao (ro) f
Russian: кака́о (ru) n (kakáo)
Slovak: kakao n
Spanish: cacao (es) m
Swedish: kakao (sv), kakaoböna c
Vietnamese: cacao (vi), ca-cao
Welsh: ffeuen gacao f

Dutch

Alternative forms

cacau (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑˈkɑu̯/
audio (file)
Hyphenation: ca‧cao
Rhymes: -ɑu̯

Noun

cacao m (uncountable)

cocoa

Derived terms

Descendants

Berbice Creole Dutch: kaukau
Negerhollands: kwakwa
- → Virgin Islands Creole: kwa kwa, kwakwa (archaic)
→ Caribbean Hindustani: kakáu
→ Indonesian: kakao
→ Sranan Tongo: kakaw
- → Caribbean Javanese: kao, kekao
- → Lokono: kakao

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, ultimately from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.ka.o/
audio (file)

Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

cocoa

Derived terms

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

cacao

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Spanish cacao.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈka.o/
Rhymes: -ao
Hyphenation: ca‧cà‧o

Noun

cacao m (invariable)

cocoa

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cacao; itself from Spanish cacao.

Noun

cacao f (uncountable)

cocoa

Declension

declension of cacao (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cacao	cacaua
genitive/dative	(unei) cacao	cacauei
vocative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”). Doublet of cocoa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈkao/
Rhymes: -ao
Syllabification: ca‧ca‧o

Noun

cacao m (plural cacaos)

cacao tree
Synonym: cacaotero
cocoa bean, cocoa powder
(colloquial) confusion
Synonyms: desorden, confusión

cacao mental ― bewilderment, discombobulation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: kakao
→ Aromanian: cacauã
→ Bikol Central: kakaw
→ Catalan: cacau
→ Cebuano: kakaw
→ Czech: kakao
→ Danish: kakao
→ Dutch: cacao (see there for further descendants)
→ English: cacao, cocoa
→ Estonian: kakao
→ Finnish: kaakao
→ French: cacao
→ German: Kakao
→ Greek: κακάο (kakáo)
→ Icelandic: kakó
→ Indonesian: kakao
→ Latvian: kakao
→ Limburgish: keków
→ Lingala: kaukau
→ Lower Sorbian: kakaw, kakawa
→ Polish: kakao
→ Portuguese: cacau
→ Romagnol: cacào
→ Romanian: cacao
→ Slovak: kakao
→ Swedish: kakao
→ Tagalog: kakaw
→ Tongan: koko
→ Turkish: kakao
→ Uzbek: kakao
→ Vietnamese: cacao

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