kakao

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See also: Kakao and kakaó

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacahuatl (cocoa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧kao

Noun

kakao n (related adjective kakaový)

  1. cocoa powder (powder from cocoa solids)
  2. cocoa (hot drink)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kakao”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kakao”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kakao”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacahuatl (cocoa).

Pronunciation

Noun

kakao c (singular definite kakaoen, not used in plural form)

  1. cocoa
  2. cacao

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kakó

Esperanto

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Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ka‧o

Noun

kakao (accusative singular kakaon, plural kakaoj, accusative plural kakaojn)

  1. cocoa bean (seed of the cacao tree)
    Synonyms: kakafabo, kakaofabo

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

German Kakao.

Noun

kakao (genitive kakao, partitive kakaod)

  1. cocoa powder
  2. hot chocolate

Declension

Declension of kakao (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kakao kakaod
accusative nom.
gen. kakao
genitive kakaode
partitive kakaod kakaosid
illative kakaosse kakaodesse
inessive kakaos kakaodes
elative kakaost kakaodest
allative kakaole kakaodele
adessive kakaol kakaodel
ablative kakaolt kakaodelt
translative kakaoks kakaodeks
terminative kakaoni kakaodeni
essive kakaona kakaodena
abessive kakaota kakaodeta
comitative kakaoga kakaodega

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English cacaoFrench cacaoGerman KakaoItalian cacaoRussian кака́о (kakáo)Spanish cacao.

Pronunciation

Noun

kakao (plural kakai)

  1. (beans and drink) cocoa

Derived terms

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch cacao, from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧kao

Noun

kakao (plural)

  1. cacao.

Alternative forms

  • koko (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Affixed terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

kakao

  1. Rōmaji transcription of カカオ

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

kakao m (definite singular kakaoen)

  1. cocoa

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

kakao m (definite singular kakaoen)

  1. cocoa

Derived terms

References

Polish

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kakao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈka.ɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɔ
  • Syllabification: ka‧ka‧o

Noun

kakao n (indeclinable, diminutive kakałko, related adjective kakaowy)

  1. cocoa powder (powder from cocoa solids)
  2. cocoa (hot drink)
  3. cocoa (partially fermented seeds of cacao tree)
  4. (anatomy, euphemistic, slang, vulgar) anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)

Derived terms

noun

Further reading

  • kakao in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kakao in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacahuatl (cocoa).

Pronunciation

Noun

kakao n (genitive singular kakaa, nominative plural kakaá, genitive plural kakaí, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. cocoa
  2. cocoa bean

Declension

Further reading

  • kakao”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swahili

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocoa.

Pronunciation

Noun

kakao class IX (plural kakao class X)

  1. cocoa

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Spanish cacao.

Pronunciation

Noun

kakao c

  1. cocoa, cacao (a tree, its beans, powder made from them)

Declension

Declension of kakao
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kakao kakaos
definite kakaon kakaons
plural indefinite
definite

Derived terms

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English cacao.

Noun

kakao

  1. cocoa

Turkish

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاقااو (kakao), from French cacao, Spanish cacao, Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawatl, ultimately a borrowing from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *kakawa + -tl (absolutive noun suffix).

Noun

kakao (definite accusative kakaoyu, plural kakaolar)

  1. cocoa
  2. cacao

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kakao
Definite accusative kakaoyu
Singular Plural
Nominative kakao kakaolar
Definite accusative kakaoyu kakaoları
Dative kakaoya kakaolara
Locative kakaoda kakaolarda
Ablative kakaodan kakaolardan
Genitive kakaonun kakaoların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular kakaom kakaolarım
2nd singular kakaon kakaoların
3rd singular kakaosu kakaoları
1st plural kakaomuz kakaolarımız
2nd plural kakaonuz kakaolarınız
3rd plural kakaoları kakaoları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular kakaomu kakaolarımı
2nd singular kakaonu kakaolarını
3rd singular kakaosunu kakaolarını
1st plural kakaomuzu kakaolarımızı
2nd plural kakaonuzu kakaolarınızı
3rd plural kakaolarını kakaolarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular kakaoma kakaolarıma
2nd singular kakaona kakaolarına
3rd singular kakaosuna kakaolarına
1st plural kakaomuza kakaolarımıza
2nd plural kakaonuza kakaolarınıza
3rd plural kakaolarına kakaolarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular kakaomda kakaolarımda
2nd singular kakaonda kakaolarında
3rd singular kakaosunda kakaolarında
1st plural kakaomuzda kakaolarımızda
2nd plural kakaonuzda kakaolarınızda
3rd plural kakaolarında kakaolarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular kakaomdan kakaolarımdan
2nd singular kakaondan kakaolarından
3rd singular kakaosundan kakaolarından
1st plural kakaomuzdan kakaolarımızdan
2nd plural kakaonuzdan kakaolarınızdan
3rd plural kakaolarından kakaolarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular kakaomun kakaolarımın
2nd singular kakaonun kakaolarının
3rd singular kakaosunun kakaolarının
1st plural kakaomuzun kakaolarımızın
2nd plural kakaonuzun kakaolarınızın
3rd plural kakaolarının kakaolarının

Further reading

  • kakao”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Yami

Noun

kakao

  1. wooden ladle

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV kakao
Brazilian standard kakaao
New Tribes cacaao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao.

Pronunciation

Noun

kakao

  1. cacao, Theobroma cacao or Herrania mariae

References

  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 31:kakao